ROOSEVELTa magazine for alumni and friends of roosevelt university REVIEW SPRING 2008

ALUMNUS HAROLD WASHINGTON

THE PEOPLE’S MAYOR REMEMBERED3 MAKING A DIFFERENCE On the cover:

Following his election as Chicago mayor, in the lives that follow Harold Washington (BA,’49) returned to SPRING 2008 his alma mater, Roosevelt University, ROOSEVELTREVIEW where he delivered a Commencement address and received an honorary degree from the University in 1984. 2 Editor’s Circle TOM KAROW “ My wife Emalie and I have always believed that education 3 President’s PerspectiveCHUCK MIDDLETON is one of the most important and everlasting investments 35 University News you can possess, and that can never be taken from you. With 39 2006-07 Fiscal Year Report this in mind we have a unique opportunity to enrich the lives 41 Institutional Advancement of young people now and into the future. My education at 44 Alumni News Roosevelt University left an indelible mark on my life. With 49 Where RU? this scholarship, we know that we are passing on not only the 52 In Memoriam opportunity for an education but also a helping hand toward a full and successful life.” ARTHUR M. GUTTERMAN (BA, ’58) spotlight If they knew 4 The People’s MayorLAURA JANOTA Roosevelt, if they How Roosevelt University Shaped Harold Washington knew what it stood ANNOUNCING THE EMALIE AND ARTHUR M. GUTTERMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP 9 Seated in History LAURA JANOTA for ... they would 11 Following in Harold’s FootstepsLAURA JANOTA Recent Roosevelt Alums Begin Public Service We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Emalie Named scholarships at Roosevelt are the result of outright gifts know me. and Arthur M. Gutterman Endowed Scholarship at Roosevelt or estate or planned gifts. Many Roosevelt students are the fi rst From the Street to the SeatPAUL GREEN HAROLD WASHINGTON (BA, ’49), PAGE 4 14 University. in their families to pursue a university education and many RU Professor and WGN Political Analyst Paul Green would not be able to complete their education without these Arthur Gutterman majored in marketing at Roosevelt University Discusses Washington’s Dynamic Career crucial funds. and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1958. He is chairman of Jelmar LLC, a successful, private company that manufac- Creating a named scholarship is a powerful way to help stu- 17 Called to Serve LAURA JANOTA tures household cleaning products such as CLR and Tarn-X. dents. For a minimum gift of $5,000 you can create an annual From Local Boards to Congress, RU Alums Seek Public Offi ce named scholarship, which will provide scholarship support until Wanting to give back to Arthur’s alma mater and to help stu- Commencement AddressBOBBY RUSH the money is completely awarded. To create an endowed schol- 20 dents, the Guttermans have established a scholarship with an arship that will last in perpetuity, a minimum gift of $25,000 is initial gift of $100,000, which is earmarked for marketing or 24 Michi Peña: A City and Alumni LeaderTOM KAROW needed. advertising majors in the Walter E. Heller College of Business Keeping the New Deal AliveKATIE COPENHAVER Administration. The Emalie and Arthur Gutterman Endowed To fi nd out more about creating a legacy through an outright 26 Scholarship will last in perpetuity. gift or through your estate plan, please contact: 28 Illinois Professor of the YearTOM KAROW Steven A. Meyers: A Commitment to Education Offi ce of Planned Giving Roosevelt University 31 Politics and EconomicsLAURA JANOTA 430 S. Michigan Ave., Room 827 Roosevelt’s First Decade Chicago, IL 60605 Developing LeadersEILEEN O. DADAY Phone: (312) 341-6455 33 Partnership with Schaumburg Business Association Furthers Fax: (312) 341-6490 PAUL GREEN, PAGE 14 Leadership Institute Success Email: [email protected]

Spring 2008, Volume 13, Number 1 Editorial Board Tom Karow: Editor J. Michael Durnil, Vice President for Governmental Affairs and University Outreach Denise Czuprynski: Creative Director James Gandre, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President Laura Janota: Associate Editor Laura Janota, Public Relations Specialist Patrick Lytle: Production Manager Thomas R. Karow, Senior Director of Public Relations Carissa Gilbertson, Right Angle Studio: Design Charles R. Middleton, President John McKeith, Steve Becker: Photography Patrick Woods, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Roosevelt Review is published three times a year by Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605. There is no subscription fee. EDITOR’S CIRCLE PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE

any of the Chicago area’s most prominent politicians he operated a free breakfast program for children and developed IT’S ALL ABOUT LEADERSHIP began their political lives at Roosevelt University. the nation’s fi rst mass sickle cell anemia testing program. BY PRESIDENT CHUCK MIDDLETON MAnd most say that the lessons they learned inside After earning a Bachelor of General Studies degree with and outside Roosevelt classrooms helped them achieve posi- honors from Roosevelt in 1974, Rush used his education and Election years stretching back in which we state that “Roosevelt University is a national leader tions of leadership. activism to help him win election to the Chicago City Council as far as I can remember (Eisen- in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated In this themed issue of Roosevelt Review, we examine and U.S. House of Representatives. As a member of Congress, hower/Stevenson in 1952) have lives as leaders in their professions and their communities.” Roosevelt University’s rich tradition of preparing men and Rush has sponsored legislation designed to improve health care, always been times of great pub- This is a bold claim that too often even our most dedicated women for careers in public service, and profi le some of our technology, civil rights, community development and home- lic drama. Certainly 2008 has and supportive alumni and friends have not always thought to alumni who are serving at the local, state and national levels. land security. already had its fair share and be entirely accurate. I beg to differ. From the very beginning of Since its founding, Roosevelt University has been widely Rush’s accomplishments were recognized by the University there will no doubt be much more my presidency it was clear to me that our quality outperformed recognized as a focal point for political discourse. “For me, in December when he received an honorary doctor of humane as the months unfold. our reputation. We were too modest in proclaiming successes going into government presented an opportunity to help legis- letters degree and was invited to deliver the Commencement It’s too bad, for many reasons, and in noting them in public forums, perhaps, but the stories late all of the things we had argued about at Roosevelt,” former address, a copy of which is printed in the magazine. that Harold Washington, to whose memory this issue of the were there just waiting for the spotlight to fall upon them. Congressman Ray Clevenger (BA, ’49) told Associate Editor Serving alongside Rush in the U.S. House of Representatives Roosevelt Review is dedicated, couldn’t be here to serve as one We have set out to change that reticence about proclaim- Laura Janota. is Melissa Bean (BA, ’02) who believes the University’s diverse of the many commentators on the current political scene. When ing to the world our many successes. This is being done in Clevenger and his classmate, Harold Washington, the late student body has helped her to do a better job of understanding you couple the presidential campaign (or is that campaigns?) many venues, not least among them in the Roosevelt Review. mayor of Chicago, would talk for hours about their ideas for other people’s viewpoints. In the article “Called to Serve,” you with the dynamics of Illinois state politics you get plenty of By expanding its issues making things better. Both men won their fi rst elections at can read about Bean and other Roosevelt alums who were elect- fodder for analysis. from one to three annually Roosevelt, Clevenger serving as president of Roosevelt’s stu- ed to positions of leadership, including Cook County Board It may be the case that all university presidents like to read while working to enhance dent council and Washington as the council’s vice president member Mike Quigley (BA, ’81) who is now teaching part time widely and deeply about the history of their institution. For me, the quality of the writing and president. You can learn more about how Roosevelt shaped at Roosevelt in political science. this reading is driven by more than the usual presidential curi- and the variety of the sto- Washington’s political career in the article, “The People’s In “Following in Harold’s Footsteps” on page 11, we pres- osity about the rhythms, the people and the historic values of ries, we strive to bring to Mayor,” beginning on page 4. ent a number of recent Roosevelt graduates who are getting Roosevelt. My academic discipline is history, so reading about light some of the leadership One of the graduates featured in this issue is Bobby Rush, a taste of political life by serving as congressional aides and the past is always a pleasurable experience. Reading history for accomplishments grand a native of Albany, Ga., whose story epitomizes the public ser- lobbyists in Washington, D.C. They got the political bug from me teaches as it relaxes, informs as it piques new curiosities to and small, international vice commitment of many Roosevelt graduates. Paul Green, a highly regarded political pundit and the Arthur be explored. and in the neighborhood, Rush co-founded the Illinois Black Panther Party in the Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies. Green’s essay about It was in this vein that I picked up Dempsey Travis’ Harold: personal and collective that 1960s and was an active member of the Student Non-Violent Harold Washington, Roosevelt University and his grandfather The People’s Mayor. I actually knew of the book but had not yet have defi ned the Roosevelt Coordinating Committee. As a member of those organizations, is one you won’t want to miss. read it when I fi rst went to see Travis (BA, ’49) about another experience for more than 60 In the years ahead, I am sure there will be many more matter. His lively questioning of what I knew about his class- years. Roosevelt students who will be pursuing careers in government. mate, friend and Chicago’s future mayor quickly revealed that To sustain this tradi-

Public service is, after all, a Roosevelt University tradition. © Antonio Dickey I had much to learn. Thankfully he is as good natured as he is tion is our challenge and we We welcome your comments about the stories in this special successful, so he merely chided me to learn more. have taken it up in earnest. A new book, Harold! Photographs from the edition. If you know of other Roosevelt graduates who have made Harold Washington Years, features iconic In graduate school they teach budding historians in one Getting out the story of past images of Chicago’s late mayor. governmental service their career, please tell me about them. of the fi rst seminars that we all take that histories, including successes is very important biographies, written by people who lived through the events to be sure, but we must always strive to educate our current stu- Sincerely, described and who knew the participants personally are rich dents in ways that will ensure that their stories in the future will with textured understandings that later generations would never rival and even surpass those of the fi rst six decades. otherwise access. The truth of this was brought home as I read This is not just important work in the context of the of Harold Washington the man and the politician, to be sure, but University. It is vital work for our country and for the countries Tom Karow mostly the consummate leader and citizen of his community. from which our international graduates have come and to which Editor Of course, other Roosevelt graduates have gone on to hold they will return infused with Rooseveltian ideals. For demo- elected and appointed leadership positions in local, state and cratic institutions to prosper, those who are the best educated national governments. They are all remarkably talented women must be committed to assuming leadership roles in all aspects and men who work passionately for the things that they believe of life. In the end your Roosevelt degree entails an obligation We welcome your letters. Please send them to: in. Those whom I have come to know personally have uniform- not merely to do well but also to do good. Editor, Roosevelt Review ly impressed me with their intelligent and thoughtful way of Harold Washington understood this truth and it shaped Roosevelt University discussing and dealing with complex issues. his life in all that he accomplished. His is the Roosevelt story But there is another consideration that transcends, or rather, played out upon but one stage. As we celebrate his life and U. S. Representative Bobby Rush (BGS, ’74) is hooded by Interim Provost 430 S. Michigan Ave. James Gandre (left) and congratulated by President Chuck Middleton after Chicago, IL 60605 incorporates the work of this category of leaders. For me, the recall his accomplishments, let us also remember that there are receiving an honorary degree in recognition of his “personal, political and concept of leadership stretches far beyond the political arena. many other stages where that story is being enacted with great public service life” during Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 21. Letters may be shortened for space consideration. We have captured this larger purpose in our Mission Statement success as well.

2 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 3 The “ If they knew Roosevelt, if they knew what it stood for, if they knew the kind of students that it turns People’s Mayor out, they would know me.” –Harold Washington (BA, ’49) How Roosevelt University Shaped Harold Washington BY LAURA JANOTA

he late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (BA, ’49) A little more than 20 years later, as Roosevelt and other insti- once had some advice for those who thought him to be tutions celebrate Washington’s legacy with events that are part T an enigma. of the Harold Washington Commemorative Year, it’s clear that “If they knew Roosevelt (University), if they knew what it Chicago’s 42nd mayor was unlike any who came before or after. stood for, if they knew the kind of students that it turns out, they “He was one of a kind, a unique mayor, who gave a feeling would know me,” he told students at the University in 1987, the of possibility to those who, in the past, had lacked a voice or year he was re-elected mayor and the same year he died. had limited opportunity for upward economic mobility and suc- cess,” said Paul Green, Roosevelt’s Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies and the author of two books on Washington. Make no mistake. Washington was not a political outsider. “He was raised to work the precincts in the Third Ward on Chicago’s South Side and he was part of the Democratic Machine for most of his life,” said Green. “He knew the politi- cal game as well as anyone and he was not naïve,” he added. That said, of all Chicago mayors, Washington may come closest to being “The People’s Mayor,” which is not only a title of a 1989 Washington biography written by Roosevelt alumnus Dempsey Travis (BA, ’49), but also one that continues to be used today when characterizing Washington. “He was interested in diversity and he was committed to parity and equity for all people,” said U.S. District Court Judge Blanche Manning (MA,’72), who credits Washington with recommending her for appointment in 1987 to the Illinois Appellate Court. “And I believe his legacy was to try to do the greatest good for all people,” said Manning, who sits on the Roosevelt University Board of Trustees and is a member of the Harold Washington Commemorative Year Steering Committee. So, who was this man who was so deeply entrenched in Chicago’s Democratic Machine, but was loved by its people for breaking the mold? Dozens of books and articles have been written over the years about Washington, including a considerable 1986 Chicago Tribune Magazine piece, which concluded that “Nobody really knows Harold Washington” and “we still don’t know how good a mayor he can be.” continued on page 6

Left: Roosevelt University Student Council President Ray Clevenger (BA, ’49) presided over a council meeting in 1948. Harold Washington (BA, ’49) (fi fth from right) was at the time a member of the student council. Opposite: The late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (BA, ’49) addressed Roosevelt graduates during the University’s 1984 Commencement ceremony.

4 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 © Gary Sigman 5 In fact, in those early days when overt racism and segrega- “ He was one of a kind, a unique tion were the norm, Roosevelt College was a place where a num- ber of blacks, who would go on to have distinguished careers, mayor, who gave a feeling of were debating how to move forward and change things. Washington, who became a lawyer, Third Ward precinct possibility to those who, in the captain, state lawmaker and a congressman before his election to mayor, believed in working within the system to get things done. past, had lacked a voice or had However, other students disagreed philosophically with Washington including Gus Savage (BA, ’51), who started the limited opportunity for upward Lawndale Booster newspaper and who went on to become a economic mobility and success.” congressman; Bennett Johnson, who, with Savage, in 1959 PAUL GREEN, ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY’S formed the Chicago League of Negro Voters, Chicago’s fi rst ARTHUR RUBLOFF PROFESSOR OF POLICY STUDIES black independent movement, which later transformed into an integrated political group called Protest at the Polls; and Charles Hamilton (BA, ’51), who is a retired Columbia University polit- ical science professor, a member of the Roosevelt University chemistry major who attended Roosevelt from 1948 until 1951 Board of Trustees and a leading civil rights activist who wrote when he caught tuberculosis and had to be isolated for months the book Black Power: The Politics of Liberation with the late in the county’s TB sanitarium. civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael. “And Gus Savage and I were part of a group of rebels and “Harold Washington was a strong leader, but he was very two of Harold’s biggest antagonists,” said Johnson. much a realist, and was not radical in his activities,” recalled Johnson recalls he and Savage constantly challenging their Ray Clevenger (BA, ’49), a political science major and the student council president by invoking Robert’s Rules of Order 1947-48 president of the student council who went on to be a during student council meetings. The purpose was to provoke Michigan congressman from 1964 to 1966. debates with Washington. Clevenger believes Washington’s tolerance of and willing- “Roosevelt was an open type of society back then. It encour- ness to work with diverse groups of people were his greatest aged a lot of different ideas and, you name it, we would argue strengths. continued on next page One of those whom Washington, as vice president of the student council in 1947-48 and as its president in 1948-

In the early days of the University, Harold Washington (BA, ’49) (center) and other student council members joined together to address students’ concerns, 49, worked well with was Roosevelt’s to raise funds and to debate a myriad of social and philosophical issues. founding president, Edward J. Sparling. “Harold Washington’s enthusiasm for Roosevelt, and his belief in its open- continued from page 4 door policy were unquestioned,” said The latter statement, of course, remains unanswered because “We had a liberal bent, and we were really pioneering our Timuel Black (BA, ’49), who knew Washington died of a heart attack at his desk in Chicago’s City way through things back then,” added Kennedy, who was one Washington and who spoke about his Hall on Nov. 25, 1987, less than a year into his second four- of the editors of The Torch student newspaper during the 1948- legacy on March 4, at Roosevelt as part year term. 49 academic year while Washington was president of the stu- of the Commemorative Year program. As the late mayor is honored during Roosevelt’s April dent council. “He was always very, very happy about 25 and 26 Alumni Weekend, those who knew him and who Founded in 1945 when professors, administrators and students his experiences at Roosevelt,” Black understand the University’s mission and history believe his walked out of Central YMCA College to protest a policy limiting said of the late mayor. time spent from 1946 to 1949 at what was then known as enrollment of blacks, Jews and other minorities, Roosevelt was One of the things Washington Roosevelt College helped shape him as a politician for all of an incubator fi lled with diverse ideas and diverse people. did was organize a student fundrais- Chicago’s people. “If you want to understand what it was like in the early days, ing drive and events that brought “Those were exciting times at Roosevelt because the you have to see it in terms of the time period,” said Rolf Weil, more than $10,000 into the coffers for University was so new that we didn’t have any set traditions yet,” president emeritus of the University and professor emeritus of Sparling’s $3 million capital campaign. said Winston Kennedy (BA, ’49), who, like Washington, was a economics who had Washington in several of his classes. Washington also brought to the admin- veteran when he enrolled at Roosevelt under the G.I. Bill. “There was a lot of discrimination in our society at that time istration students’ concerns on issues Kennedy recalls going to Springfi eld with Washington to against older people, against women, against Jews and against ranging from the quality of food in the testify against a state legislative commission’s probe into alle- minorities,” said Weil. cafeteria to the poor condition of the gations that Roosevelt harbored communists. In fact, a busload “Roosevelt offered those who were discriminated against cloak rooms. © Gary Sigman of students from Roosevelt and the University of Chicago trav- a chance for upward mobility in an urban setting,” he added. “Harold was the president, and he eled to Springfi eld to lobby against what were known as the “And it was one of the places where a young black man could The late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (BA, ’49) returned to the University on many occasions was working with the Roosevelt admin- to talk with students, faculty and one of his economics professors, Rolf Weil (right), who went on to “Broyles Bills.” comfortably develop as a leader.” istration,” recalled Bennett Johnson, a become President of Roosevelt University.

6 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 7 “ Roosevelt was an open Seated History type of society back then. It in encouraged a lot of different BY LAURA JANOTA ideas and, you name it, we would argue about it. That’s how Harold became such a oosevelt University’s Gage Gallery skilled parliamentarian.” will have more on display this spring than just photographs of the late BENNETT JOHNSON (RU STUDENT, 1948-51) R Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (BA, ’49). Indeed, the leather offi ce chair (at left)

“I came from an area that was primarily Jewish, and until that Washington used as Chicago mayor I came to Roosevelt I had no idea what it was like to associate also will be in the gallery for all to see. with African Americans,” said Phyllis (Rappin) Bower (BSC, Donated to the University by the Bennett Johnson, a Chicago publisher and co-founder of Chicago’s fi rst ’52), whom Washington convinced to be secretary of the stu- independent black party, was both a friend and political antagonist of Harold Washington while the two attended classes at Roosevelt in the dent council in 1947-48 and 1948-49. Chicago Historical Society shortly after late Forties. She remembers sitting in the Auditorium Building’s old Washington’s death in 1987, the chair has fi rst-fl oor cafeteria, which fronted on Congress Parkway, with Washington, Savage and others. “I was comfortable around been in storage for a number of years, said continued from previous page them, and I remember just sitting there and discussing so many Denise Bransford, chief of staff to Roosevelt about it,” said Johnson. “That’s how Harold became such a things. It was an interesting experience,” said Bower. President Chuck Middleton. skilled parliamentarian.” “We used to spend a lot of our time talking about how we It was also a time period when some Roosevelt students could turn the school into a place where everybody would want Recently restored to its original condi- adopted radical approaches to force change. to come and get an education,” she added. tion, the chair is being displayed as part “A lot of us were to the left, and against the Chicago Years later, during Washington’s fi rst term as mayor, of Harold! Photographs from the Harold Machine,” recalled Hamilton. Christopher Reed (BA, ’63; MA, ’68), professor emeritus of As a Roosevelt student, Hamilton organized and took part history at Roosevelt, wrote an article for Illinois Issues maga- Washington Years — Marc PoKempner’s in sit-ins at restaurants and barber shops that wouldn’t serve zine crediting Washington, above all, for attempting to build a and Antonio Dickey’s show of photographs blacks, and in picketing against discriminatory hiring practices “bedrock democracy.” at retail stores like Goldblatts on State Street, which resulted in Reed says Washington made progress toward that goal on from the recent book of the same title, writ- the hiring of the fi rst black sales clerk on State Street. a number of fronts. ten by Salim Muwakkil and published by Washington was not a big participant in such activities, but Among them, the late mayor made city government for the Northwestern University Press. did take part in at least one sit-in at a restaurant on Congress fi rst time “transparent and accessible.” He opened up the city near Roosevelt where he was refused service for sitting with a budget process so that average citizens could express concerns; Dickey volunteered as a photogra- white girl (who was a fellow Roosevelt student), according to he supported community and neighborhood organizations, pher for the historic 1982 campaign when Bennett, who remembers the restaurant’s policy being changed instead of solely big-business and downtown concerns, thereby shortly after that. providing services to neighborhoods that had long been left Washington announced his run for mayor “I saw him (Washington) as a political guy. We had differ- behind; he opened the doors of government, including his own and accompanied him to City Hall, where ences that were intense but civil, but they were mainly ideological cabinet, to women; and he gave voice to diverse groups includ- he still photographs Chicago’s mayor. differences, and we went our different ways,” added Hamilton. ing liberal whites, blacks, women, Latinos and Asians. Years later, as he considers Washington’s legacy, Hamilton “It was a matter of white, black, yellow and brown joining “His time at Roosevelt University was can’t help but admire the late mayor for being able to gain together in his rainbow coalition,” said Reed. “Everybody had a very important to Mayor Washington,” enough mainstream political acceptance to begin uniting people voice, and he was the fi rst one to encourage that.” said Dickey, who recalls the late mayor all over the city of Chicago. Like many others, Reed believes Washington’s time spent at “It put into perspective for me the fact that fi ghting for jus- Roosevelt encouraged appreciation of democratic governance. speaking warmly of his years as a student tice can take many routes, and I certainly came to respect what “Washington was proud to have been an alumnus of at Roosevelt. “And we think having the Washington was trying to do,” he said. Roosevelt because it was at Roosevelt where he could see One of Washington’s strengths undoubtedly was his ability how well things worked when people put their minds to it,” exhibit at Roosevelt is very appropriate.” to get along with a wide variety of people including whites, said Reed. “For Washington, Roosevelt was a practical, living continued on next page blacks, Jews and women. example of how real democracy could work.”

8 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 9 continued from previous page PoKempner is an independent photojournalist who covered “A lot has happened in the 20 years since his (Washington’s) Washington’s historic bid for mayor for the Chicago Reader, In death,” added Dickey. “All of us have gotten busy, and we HAROLD’S FOOTSTEPS These Times, The New York Times, People and Time magazines, haven’t taken time out to think about how signifi cant he was Following in and was immediately impressed by Washington’s message, his for Chicago and how diffi cult of a struggle it was for him to intelligence and his wit. become and to be mayor.” Recent Roosevelt alums begin public service BY LAURA JANOTA “He was a unique individual — a charismatic workaholic, The chair (which will eventually be put on permanent display the people’s intellectual,” said PoKempner. “I feel strongly that in Roosevelt’s Murray-Green Library, 430 S. Michigan Ave.) people need to know more about Harold, and I hope the exhibit and the photo exhibit, can be seen now through June 27, in the The late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (BA, ’49) spent CHRIS SARLEY (BS, ’02) University’s fi rst-fl oor Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave. years in public service wearing many hats before actually run- In addition, there will be a special showing of ning for election. the chair and photo exhibit during the University’s He was a precinct captain in his own Third Ward, an assis- Alumni Weekend reception that is being held at 5 tant corporation counsel for the city of Chicago, an arbitrator p.m. Friday, April 25 at Gage. A discussion panel, featuring Roosevelt alumni and faculty who knew for the Illinois Industrial Commission and the leader of the Washington, will follow. Third Ward Young Democrats — all before running for state The chair might be generic in design and style, representative in the Illinois House in 1964. but it is a piece of history worth preserving, add- More than four decades later, a number of recent Roosevelt ed Lynn Weiner, dean of the College of Arts and graduates are continuing in the late mayor’s footsteps by taking Sciences at Roosevelt. jobs soon after graduation with politicians in Washington, D.C., “Harold Washington had a huge impact on the and elsewhere. city of Chicago,” said Weiner. They include: Chris Sarley (BS, ’02), legislative assis- “And someday in the future, the University could become an important resource for Washington tant in Illinois’ 14th District, and until recently an aide to historians, just as the University and its Center for Congressman Dennis Hastert, who was the GOP’s longest- New Deal Studies are important for those research- serving House Speaker; J.C. Hernandez (BA, ’04), who was ing history about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt,” recently elected as GOP committeeman of Miami-Dade GOP she said. District 34 and has already announced plans to run for state Washington’s chair is more than a historic relic, representative from Florida’s Miami-Dade County region in though. For many, it is a physical representation of 2010; Michael Hardaway (BA, ’06), press aide to Senator Bill the University’s and the Chicago business commu- Nelson of Florida; John Donnelly (BA, ’07), special assistant Chris Sarley (BS, ’02) (center) has worked on Washington, D.C.’s Capitol nity’s commitment following the late mayor’s death Hill with a number of politicians including retired Congressman and House to establish a Harold Washington professorship at to Congressman Dan Burton of Indiana’s Fifth District; and Speaker Dennis Hastert (left) of Illinois. The two are pictured with Hastert’s wife, Jean. Roosevelt. Micah Spangler (BA, ’07), government relations point-person

© Antonio Dickey “We raised a signifi cant amount of money for the Hearing Industries Association. Chris Sarley graduated in 2002 and is a legislative assistant in Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (BA, ’49) sits in the leather chair that in honor of the late mayor, and have had a num- Many of these recent alumni took political science courses the district formerly headed by retired Congressman and former was donated to Roosevelt University after his death. ber of distinguished individuals who have held the Harold with Paul Green, the Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies House Speaker Dennis Hastert. A fi nance major at Roosevelt, Washington professorship,” said Roosevelt President Emeritus at Roosevelt. Sarley never thought of working in Washington, D.C., but was Theodore L. Gross. recommended for a job on the Hill by Congressman Mark Kirk “I tell my students that politics is a game, and that they have will help them see that he was the kind of politician that is need- Those who have held the professorship include: Richard of Illinois’ 10th District, for whom Sarley volunteered after to understand that it’s all about winning,” said Green, who has ed to make a difference in this country.” Hatcher, former mayor from 1968 to 1987, of Gary, Ind., and graduating. Among his job duties, Sarley has handled health Featuring dozens of shots from the mayoral campaigns, one of the nation’s fi rst African American mayors; Clarence for years helped prepare college students for careers in public care and energy policy issues for Hastert. He’s also worked the tumultuous “Council Wars” of his fi rst administration and Page, a long-time journalist, author and syndicated columnist service, including those who have gone on to become state leg- with colleagues who have written House bills concerning secu- the emotional aftermath of his sudden death, the exhibit is the with the Chicago Tribune; and Albert Bennett, a professor of islators, county board members, as well as city, suburban, state rity in the aftermath of Sept. 11, and a prescription drug plan for centerpiece of a series of Harold Washington Commemorative education and the Harold Washington professor of sociology. and federal employees. seniors. “Being at Roosevelt and particularly at the Schaumburg Year events being held between November 2007 and April “My sense of Harold Washington is that he was a dynamic “The students who catch on to the love of the game do Campus gave me the chance to have professors who also had 2008 across the city of Chicago. leader who had a grassroots appeal,” said Bennett, who works well,” added Green, who has been to every Democratic and jobs in the real world,” said Sarley. “We wanted to do something special in honor of the late in the community, serving on a number of non-profi t boards, as Republican party convention since 1984, and who debuted as mayor, who is one of Roosevelt’s most beloved graduates,” said part of his professorship. a political analyst on WGN Radio in 1983 on the night that J.C. HERNANDEZ (BA, ’04) Bransford, chief organizer of the University’s many events that “A lot of the things I do are community based,” added Harold Washington won election as Chicago mayor. are honoring Washington 20 years after his death. Bennett, who has served on boards for the Golden Apple Foun- J.C. Hernandez, Roosevelt’s Student Government Association “And I’m just glad that I’m able to pass on some of this stuff “And we believe the mayor’s chair is well worth preserv- dation, the North Lawndale College Preparatory Foundation, El (SGA) president in 2003-04, graduated in 2004 and was elected ing,” she said. Valor and the Abraham Lincoln Center, among others. that can help them be successful,” Green said. GOP committeeman for Florida’s Miami-Dade County District Both the exhibit and the chair display are meant to help the “It’s important because working at the community level Here are some of their success stories, listed by year of 34 in 2007. A political science major, Hernandez took a job after public remember what Washington was all about. embodies what Harold Washington was all about,” he said. graduation from Roosevelt: graduation as assistant director of annual giving at Roosevelt. continued on next page

10 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 11 continued from previous page Senator Richard Durbin and Illinois Senator Barack Obama. RU EMPLOYEE RECALLS After graduating, Hardaway called Durbin in search of a job, and was recommended for his position on the Hill with Nelson. SON’S D.C. JOURNEY Among job duties, Hardaway creates speeches and talking points for Nelson’s public appearances, handles interview Roosevelt University Offi ce of Admission Clerk Lynn requests from the media, works on media statements and puts Sarley remembers very well how her son got his start in together the senator’s media report. “It’s a good job, and it’s Washington, D.C., politics. always interesting to see what’s going on around town and on “He wanted to get involved in community volunteer the Senate fl oor,” said Hardaway, whose long-term goal is to work,” says Sarley, whose son, Chris Sarley (BS, ’02), run for public offi ce. went to work for retired Congressman and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert shortly after graduation. JOHN DONNELLY (BA, ’07) “I remember him saying he thought it would look good John Donnelly, Roosevelt’s SGA president in 2005-06, graduat- on his law-school application,” she said. ed in 2007 and is currently an assistant to Indiana Congressman Lynn Sarley, who worked at Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Dan Burton. A political science and economics major, Donnelly Campus welcome desk for interned with Hastert in 2005, became a Burton intern the fol- fi ve years and who currently lowing year, and then became an assistant in the congressman’s processes applications in the J.C. Hernandez (BA, ’04) is a GOP committeeman who is planning to run offi ce. Among job duties, Donnelly has talked with Pentagon for state representative in the state of Florida in 2010. Offi ce of Admission, watched and Joint Chiefs of Staff offi cials to start a program allowing as her son, after graduating In 2006, he decided to move back to his native state of Florida Burton’s Indiana constituents to videoconference messages to from Roosevelt, did volunteer and worked as a lobbyist for Dutko, Poole and McKinley during loved ones in Iraq. He’s also worked on a case involving an the Florida legislature’s 2007 session. As GOP committeeman, American woman whose son died tragically in China, and has work for Congressman Mark he’s been involved in various political campaigns, engaging talked with FBI agents about the case. “I’ve tried to help people Kirk of Illinois’ 10th District. residents in his district in the presidential election process and and make their lives better,” said Donnelly, who was a student One thing led to anoth- organizing support in his district for the GOP. Hernandez has trustee on Roosevelt’s Board of Trustees. er. Kirk recommended her announced plans to run for state representative in 2010. son for a job with Hastert in MICAH SPANGLER (BA, ’07) Washington, D.C., and off he (BA, ’06) MICHAEL HARDAWAY went to work on monumen- Micah Spangler, Roosevelt’s SGA treasurer for three years, tal projects in the nation’s graduated in 2007 and is currently a government relations point- person for the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), a national Capitol, involving everything trade association. After graduating, Spangler, a political science from U.S. health care to its and philosophy major, postponed law school to go to work for energy policy. the lobbying arm of HIA. Among job duties, Spangler has set “We’ve been excited and very proud of him,” said up meetings on the Hill with members of Congress to introduce Lynn Sarley, a 10-year Roosevelt employee who says she them to proposed legislation that would pave the way for a hear- enjoys her job so much that she has no plan to retire. ing-aid tax credit and has organized district events in places like “Everybody keeps asking me about retirement,” said Los Angeles and Houston where members of Congress from the Sarley. “And I keep saying I’m not ready because I enjoy districts can hear their constituents’ concerns about the cost of health care. “At Roosevelt, I had the chance to experience a lot my work, and I like coming here every day.” of leadership roles, and I think that has helped me get ahead,” Like her son, Sarley is active in the community. said Spangler, who also was a student trustee on Roosevelt’s She has spent time volunteering at her church, at the Board of Trustees. University’s annual New Deal Service Day and with the Dining Committee at Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus. As much as she enjoys Roosevelt, however, Sarley says It’s too early to tell yet whether these alumni will have the it was solely her son’s decision to get his bachelor’s degree political fortune that Chicago’s late mayor Washington enjoyed. in fi nance from Roosevelt after his studies at Kansas State Michael Hardaway (BA, ’06) works in Washington, D.C., as one of Florida Senator Bill Nelson’s press aides. However, they all are honored to have received their start at the University weren’t motivating him. Roosevelt University alumni drawn to public service jobs in Washington, same University where Washington began his career. D.C., include (from left) Micah Spangler (BA, ’07), who works for a “It’s been a wonderful experience for him. He’s made Michael Hardaway graduated in 2006 and currently is a press “He went to a University that allowed him to grow and Washington, D.C., lobbyist, Chris Sarley (BS, ’02), a legislative assistant some good contacts, and he’s worked for some great peo- aide to Florida Senator Bill Nelson. An economics major at move forward,” said Hernandez. “And just as he worked his in Illinois’ 14th District, and John Donnelly (BA, ’07), an aide to Indiana Congressman Dan Burton. ple, and hopefully his future will be bright,” said Sarley. Roosevelt, Hardaway was an intern for two years for Illinois way up the ladder, I hope to do the same.”

12 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 13 FROM THE STREET TO THE SEAT

RU PROFESSOR AND WGN POLITICAL ANALYST PAUL GREEN DISCUSSES WASHINGTON’S DYNAMIC CAREER

FACULTY ESSAY by Paul Green, Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies and Director of the Institute for Politics

ongressman Harold Washington’s (BA, ’49) two neighborhood mentality. In reality, from almost the beginning least, Washington learned his political skills from the ground cesses and a couple of fl ops — but through it all, his educational 1983 nail-biting Chicago mayoral victories (the Chicago has been a city of urban villages tied together govern- up as he moved up the ward organization chain of command. experiences gave him a pillar to fall back on while he fought February Democratic primary and April general mentally but seldom politically. He took city jobs and though he had some personal legal prob- some of the toughest political foes in this city’s history. Celection) have been both studied and analyzed in The city’s weak mayor/strong council form of government lems, he mastered grassroots politics. Part of his later political As mayor, Washington used his political skills as best he books, articles and documentary fi lms. In full disclosure, my stems in part from Chicago’s neighborhood tradition. It explains glibness on the mayoral stump was due to his past experiences could against an entrenched City Council majority. Stymied colleague, Mel Holli of the University of Illinois at Chicago, why powerful and successful mayors had to overcome their promoting candidates, organizing other precinct workers and by the so-called Council Wars, Washington made use of his and I authored one of those books as well as another on offi ce’s structural weakness with political muscle or “clout.” answering all kinds of questions on the street where the only oratorical skills, his knowledge of history and his background Washington’s 1987 re-election. Neighborhoods became enclaves where individuals could speak political advisor one has is himself. in the precincts to bring a special glamour to the fi fth fl oor of The politics surrounding those twin 1983 victories were in their native tongues, eat their favorite foods and read their Washington served as a state representative, a state sena- City Hall. Here was a man from humble beginnings who had both brutal and exhilarating. Brutal in that race became the own foreign language newspapers (no city had a larger ethnic tor and as First District congressman. These positions gave overcome much discrimination to become the most articulate campaign issue — especially in Washington’s April, general press than Chicago). This inwardness produced “ward lord” him governmental understanding to go along with his “nuts and erudite mayor in Chicago history. One small anecdote high- election battle against Republican Bernard Epton and exhilarat- politics where the ward leader – usually an alderman – dominat- and bolts” political skills. In late 1982, when he decided to lights the above analysis. On a city-sponsored trip to London, ing in that a city that prided itself on local political involvement ed neighborhood life. Individuals were identifi ed by their ward run for Chicago’s Democratic mayoral nomination, he was Washington insisted on visiting the British Museum to see the saw election interest and turnout reach historic proportions. number, their parish or even a heavily traveled street corner. well prepared for this offi ce. In fact, outside of past Chicago historic Magna Carta. One news reporter covering the trip told This essay will not relive those exciting campaigns or dwell Massive black migration to Chicago starting in the early mayors Anton Cermak and Richard J. Daley, no candidate up me after the visit that most past Chicago mayors and aldermen on the specifi cs of Washington’s four-plus years as Chicago’s 20th Century merely continued the process of community sepa- to that time had better mayoral preparation than did Harold would have thought the Magna Carta was either a bottle of chief executive. Rather, I will center on how Washington’s ration. Nationality segregation gave way to racial segregation Washington. champagne or a credit card! mayoralty symbolized a larger truth even greater than his own in Chicago but unlike previous times, racial separateness was Washington’s other upwardly mobile track was education. Washington’s untimely death in November 1987 was sad amazing life story. In short, I will argue that Chicago history more encompassing, at times codifi ed into law, and more detri- Following his service in World War II, he attended a unique for many reasons. Politically it came after he had gained con- is fi lled with personal histories of achievement by individuals mental because it zeroed in on a specifi c group. institution of higher learning. Roosevelt University’s unprec- trol of the City Council and was in the process of implement- from modest beginnings and that Washington and his University This was Washington’s Chicago and as a young man seek- edented beginning in 1945 has been well documented — the ing his own agenda. The sadness of his passing was mitigated — Roosevelt — refl ect an outstanding example of this pattern. ing to climb up the socioeconomic ladder, he looked at his key fact for this essay was that it gave smart, working class somewhat by the fact that no future Chicago mayor could ever Urban historians, political scientists and city politicians limited options. Two stood out: politics and education. Early Chicagoans a chance to get a college degree without having to govern again without understanding the needs of the city’s love to say “Chicago is a city of neighborhoods” — what does on, young Harold, following in his dad’s footsteps, began to overcome walls of racial or ethnic discrimination. working people. I am convinced that the current Mayor Richard that mean? In my view it represents the fact that waves of immi- work precincts in Chicago’s South Side “black belt.” The so- Washington followed his successful run at Roosevelt with a M. Daley’s interest in education, public housing and racial set- grants and migrants came to this once-swampy town looking for called black belt was a narrow neighborhood stretching south law degree from Northwestern University. By no means did his asides for contracts and hiring is a direct result of Washington’s work and a better quality of life for themselves and their fami- from approximately 31st to 63rd streets, and west from Grant political acumen or educational accomplishments guarantee a years in offi ce. lies. No American city, including New York, has had as many Boulevard (Martin Luther King Drive) to State Street. successful public-service career. In Chicago politics, nothing is Everyone in the Roosevelt University family — faculty and different ethnic and racial groups in such substantial numbers as No history book or political science lecture can teach an guaranteed. It would take young Washington years to crawl up staff, current and former students and hopefully future students — Chicago. This coming together of so many people with differ- individual how to go house to house knocking on doors pushing the city’s highly competitive political hierarchy ladder. Along takes pride in Washington’s rise to power. His RU degree was one ent cultures, languages and religions literally created the city’s candidates or working within a political machine. To say the the way he made allies and enemies, he had some amazing suc- of his springboards, and his accomplishments and notoriety shed continued on next page 14 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 15 BY LAURA JANOTA

upgraded their lives and elevated the quality of ince its founding, Roosevelt University has “It opened up my world as it relates to people, to culture and life in the Chicagoland region because of their been a training ground for elected offi cials to things of that sort,” added Jones of the Roosevelt experience, RU degree. in the making. which he believes was crucial also to Washington’s success as I close with a story about Roosevelt S one of the General Assembly’s most persuasive debaters. Undoubtedly, the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington University that does not involve former Mayor “What I admired was Washington’s ability to debate an issue (BA, ’49) is the best known Roosevelt graduate to run for pub- Washington or even a Roosevelt student. It is in such a convincing manner that he could sway individuals,” lic offi ce. about my grandfather, the late Harry Welstein. said Jones, who has proven his own abilities as a negotiator, com- However, he is not the only elected offi cial who got his start My grandpa was a leather cutter. He worked promiser and leader of the Illinois Senate today. at Roosevelt, which has always had an environment where debate more than 50 years making belts, most of the Younger generations of Roosevelt alumni have continued and action on public-policy issues are encouraged. time in a factory on Polk and Wells streets in the tradition of successful public service. “I remember the days when we used to sit around Chicago’s South Loop. “Sometimes people go to college because and argue about issues like health care, race Harry was for decades his company’s union they’re thinking about how it will help relations and access to education,” said OARDS shop foreman. In the early 1950s he would L B TO them in their careers,” said U.S. Ray Clevenger (BA, ’49), who was A C attend a once or twice a year union training C O Representative Melissa Bean elected to Congress in 1964. N class downtown. For those special Sunday ses- O (BA, ’02), a former business Clevenger, who was L G sions my grandpa would put on his good blue R sales manager who majored a member of what has M suit and attend school. If a family member E in political science at become known as Lyndon O S asked Harry where he was going all “gussied Roosevelt to help pre- Johnson’s “Great R S up,” he would respond with a gleam in his eye, F pare herself for a run Society” Congress, “I am going to the college.” for public offi ce. played a part in enact- The college he attended was Roosevelt “Going to Roos- ing vital U.S. pro- and as far as my grandpa knew it was the only evelt was pretty grams, including college in Chicago. His instructor for some of inspiring because Medicare, and signif- these sessions was a young union organizer there were many icant U.S. laws like named John Sweeney, who today is president in my classes who the Voting Rights of the AFL-CIO. It was Sweeney himself who wanted to be invol- and Civil Rights acts. told me about his “Sunday school” classes ved in some sort of “I did it. Harold when he visited Roosevelt a few years ago. Of public service,” said did it. Many of us did course, he could not remember Harry, but he Bean, who was elect- it,” said Clevenger of did remember those hard-working individuals ed to the U.S. House of the foray into politics by R seeking information and the University that E Representatives in 2004 Roosevelt alumni. U provided them space for the event. C to represent Illinois’ Eighth “We used to talk a lot A I Washington is one of our most famous L F Congressional District. “For This picture from 1983 is prominently displayed in Paul Green’s offi ce at Roosevelt University. about how we could make U F With Green are Rosalie Clark, director of protocol for the city of Chicago, and Harold Washington alums, but I am sure the late mayor would O me, the Roosevelt experience things better,” added Clevenger M (BA, ’49) during his fi rst year as mayor. have his famous “twinkle in the eye” retell- S IC was very helpful because the diver- of his undergraduate experience at SE BL ing stories about all the Harry Welsteins who EK PU sity of the student body brought out a Roosevelt. “For me, going into govern- continued from previous page benefi ted from Roosevelt University. As long lot of different views for consideration and ment presented an opportunity to help legislate all positive light on this University. But though we have taken some as this University remains dedicated to giving people a shot at discussion,” she added. of the things we had argued about at Roosevelt.” time to center on Harold, he is just one example, albeit an outstand- climbing the socioeconomic ladder, it will thrive and prosper. Bean, who brings practical business sense to public-policy A number of Roosevelt undergraduates from that time peri- ing one, of this University’s impact on this city and region. To be sure, other universities have played “catch up” on the decision-making, currently serves in Congress with another od were elected to public offi ce, including Washington, Gus Countless people over the last 60 years have used the oppor- social-justice issue and have opened their doors to all kinds of Roosevelt alumnus, Bobby L. Rush (BGS, ’74), co-founder of Savage, who was a congressman from Illinois’ First District, tunity afforded by this University to climb up their own ladder. folks previously locked out. But Roosevelt University, in the the Illinois Black Panther Party who has represented Illinois’ and retired Chicago Alderman Anna Langford, who took pre- We pride ourselves that our University believes in the concept words of Harold Washington, remains “sui generic” (one of a First Congressional District since 1992. Rush was Roosevelt’s law courses at Roosevelt in 1948 and 1949. of “social justice” of fairness and opportunity. I know this may kind). It remains the real deal for future Harolds, Harrys and Commencement speaker in December and recipient of an hon- “Roosevelt was a place where I could go to school at night shock some of you, but universities often have a smugness or all other working and middle-class people seeking opportunity orary degree. and still work during the day,” said Langford. “And in those elitism about themselves. They pride themselves in attracting for success. Over the years, Roosevelt also has turned out a fair number of days, I was very busy trying to study and to make ends meet.” the right faculty from the right universities and students with graduates who have gone on to be elected state offi cials. Since then, Roosevelt has been the bedrock upon which the right grades who come from the right communities. Not RU. Among them are: alumni have built prestigious and highly successful political We have demonstrated that educational learning and excellence Paul Green is the Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies careers as congressmen, as state lawmakers and as county, city • Toni Harp (BA, ’72), a planning administrator who was can be achieved without elitism or favoritism. Think of it, how and director of the Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University. and other locally elected leaders. elected to the city council in New Haven, Conn., in 1987, and many young people who could not attend another university He is also the political analyst for WGN Radio, guest columnist “I was fresh out of high school, and being at Roosevelt was who was elected senator for the 10th District of the — for a variety of reasons — found Roosevelt University, and for Crain’s Chicago Business and the author of several books an eye opener,” said Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones, Connecticut State Senate in 1992. “I went to Roosevelt at this experience changed their lives? Obviously not everyone and articles on Illinois and Chicago politics. He received his who attended Roosevelt in 1953-54, and began his political a time when there were a lot of things going on and a lot of can become a mayor, a CEO of a major corporation or a star BA degree at the University of Illinois in history and political career during the Sixties as a volunteer for John F. Kennedy’s activism on campus,” said Harp. “And I became inspired performer on stage or screen — but thousands of people have science and his MA and PhD at the University of Chicago. successful presidential bid. to be active in my community by a lot of what went on at continued on next page 16 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 17 continued from previous page

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE ILLINOIS SENATE PRESIDENT ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MELISSA BEAN (BA, ’02) SID MATHIAS (BS, ’66) EMIL JONES (RU STUDENT, 1953-54) KATHY RYG (MA, ’79; MPA, ’04) PHYLLIS (RAPPIN) BOWER (BSC, ’52)

“ The Roosevelt experience was very public sector, and I found all of it relevant to my job,” Services Committee, and has been an advocate for community- “ You’ve got to care and be involved. helpful because the diversity of the said Ronen, who worked in both the Daley and Washington based programming. Because even though much has administrations. “Harold Washington gave city government student body brought out a lot of While Washington, D.C., and a state capital like Springfi eld, a new perspective and a feeling of inclusiveness,” she added. changed, too many things remain Ill., are places where many elected offi cials do their work, the di erent views for consideration.” “He reached out to every neighborhood, and every mayor majority who hold public offi ce serve the communities they live the same.” –CONGRESSWOMAN MELISSA BEAN (BA, ’02) after him has done the same thing in order to be successful.” in as representatives on county boards, village boards, school –PHYLLIS (RAPPIN) BOWER (BSC, ’52) Her efforts have focused on health care, civil rights, early boards, library boards and the like. childhood development, migrant issues and education. She And certainly, the University has educated many, many retired in January. Roosevelt.” Harp’s main interest as a legislator has been in individuals who have gone on to become elected leaders at the Quigley. “My experience at Roosevelt put me on that path, and the health care arena where she has been at work on • Irving L. “Irv” Slosberg (BSBA, ’70) served in the Florida grassroots level. I will forever be grateful.” legislation providing Connecticut residents with greater House of Representatives from 2000 to 2006. A Democrat For instance, Mike Quigley (BA, ’81) is an elected Cook In a similar way, Washington once inspired fellow Roosevelt access to health care. from Florida’s 90th District, which includes Boca Raton, County Board commissioner from Chicago, who got his start in student Phyllis (Rappin) Bower (BSC, ’52) to make a differ- • Sid Mathias (BS, ’66), a state representative from Illinois’ he was a member of six committees, including the Civic politics by running grassroots campaigns including a commu- ence at the grassroots level. northwest suburban 53rd district. He was president of Justice Committee where he was vice chair. In honor of his nity-driven bid to stop night baseball at Wrigley Field in Chicago. “We’d sit around in the cafeteria — me, Harold Washington the village of Buffalo Grove for eight years before being daughter who died in an automobile accident, he created the “When I was in college, I was trying to fi gure out how I and Gus Savage,” said Bower. “And one day Harold asked me elected to the Illinois House in 1998. “I always felt that Dori Slosberg Foundation, which is dedicated to traffi c could save the world,” said Quigley, who remembers being if I would run for secretary of the student council.” Roosevelt University gave me an opportunity and the safety throughout Florida. so poor in his Roosevelt days that the late Roosevelt political Bower followed his advice and was elected to the post in basics in my education to go on and pursue my interests science professor Frank Untermyer once wrote him a check 1948 and 1949. Bower says Washington also once told her that in life,” said Mathias, whose most signifi cant memory at • Kathy Ryg (MA, ’79; MPA, ’04) was clerk of the village of because he knew Quigley was barely surviving. she was too nice to go into politics. Roosevelt happened in an elevator where an acquaintance Vernon Hills and was chief deputy recorder of deeds for Lake Quigley, who paid Untermyer back, remembers coming to Indeed, Bower never got involved at the federal or state lev- informed him that John F. Kennedy had been shot. A County, Ill., before being elected in 2002 as state a conclusion during his senior year at Roosevelt that the way els. However, she has remained connected to her community as minority spokesman in the House on mass transit, Mathias representative for Illinois’ 59th District in Lake County. to have some say in saving the world would be to become an an elected two-term school board member for Fairview District has worked on mass transit funding legislation. “Roosevelt provided great training for serving in elected leader. 72 in Skokie, Ill. Springfi eld,” said Ryg, who learned from classmates in law “I tell my students all the time that I don’t want to hear about “I’m involved because it makes me upset that Illinois is 49th • Carol Ronen (MPA, ’79), elected as a state representative enforcement, city government and public works about the them sitting in some coffee shop talking theoretically about com- out of 50 states when it comes to how we fund education,” said in 1992 and as a state senator from Illinois’ Seventh District depth of public-service needs in Illinois. “I’ve always munist intervention in a third-world country,” said Quigley, who Bower, a retired school teacher who believes teachers today are in Chicago in 2000. She worked for the city of Chicago while appreciated that we had an opportunity for debate and today is an adjunct political science professor at Roosevelt. overworked and underpaid. completing her Roosevelt degree. “I learned the principles to hear different views and perspectives,” said Ryg of her “What I want to see them do is to get engaged, run cam- “You’ve got to care and be involved,” she added, “because even of planning and management and about budgeting in the Roosevelt experience. She chairs the House Disability paigns, get elected or do something to make a difference,” said though much has changed, too many things remain the same.”

18 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 19 gious backgrounds without quotas or restrictions,” Roosevelt University, since 1945, has shone forth as a light of leadership and a beacon of hope for a better future for countless Americans and Chicagoans, including 1949 Roosevelt graduate Harold Washington, who went on to become mayor of Chicago. As I look out at you, today’s graduates, it is clear that Roosevelt has achieved its mission of higher education for all— regardless of race, creed or color. And, it is all the more auspi- cious to recognize and applaud your success in this, the season of celebration. In light of the diversity that is evident here, I AN AMERICAN CAROL: understand that you may be observing different expressions of this holy season. However, whether you celebrate Christmas, THE SPIRIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE — PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, at this time of year most people end up viewing on television one of the many fi lm versions of Charles “ As I look out at you, Dickens’ classic novel, A Christmas Carol, which was pub- Commencement Address by the Honorable Bobby L. Rush lished in 1843 at a time of industrialization and great economic today’s graduates, it and social change in England. U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (BGS, ’74), a lifelong American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the fi rst person In the unlikely event that you have never heard, seen or read political activist and one of Roosevelt University’s most dis- to walk on the moon. My own journey has been an amazing is clear that Roosevelt A Christmas Carol, it is — in brief — the tale of, the mean tinguished graduates, was the Commencement speaker and voyage as well — from becoming a member of the Student and miserly money changer Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree honoris causa Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to becoming has achieved its mission on Christmas Eve by three spirits — the ghosts of Christmas at Roosevelt University’s Commencement ceremonies on Dec. a co-founder of the Illinois Black Panther Party to becoming of higher education for past, present and future. With these three spirits as his guides, 21 in the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. a Chicago City Council member and, now, congressman of Scrooge journeys through time and realizes the error of his “We were proud to be able to honor Congressman Rush the First Congressional District in Illinois and what I believe all — regardless of race, ways. The tale’s joyful conclusion of Scrooge’s redemption at graduation,” said Roosevelt University President Chuck is my highest calling, pastor of Beloved Community Christian never fails to bring forth cheers and tears no matter how many Middleton. “Throughout his entire life, he has consistently Church. Just as Roosevelt’s dedication to social justice — be it creed or color.” times we see this story. In fact, A Christmas Carol has been fought to improve the lives of American citizens. As his inspi- on Chicago’s south side or in the Sudan — remains solid as a U.S. REPRESENTATIVE described as “the quintessential tale of self-interest and greed rational speech shows, he believes deeply in the University’s rock, this same commitment has remained the foundation for my BOBBY L. RUSH (BGS, ’74) transformed into compassion and charity.” social justice mission and its commitment to inclusion.” entire life. Therefore, it is fi tting that the subject I will discuss At this season, and in these times of great injustice and Rush spoke at the noon ceremony for graduates of the with you today is social justice. I will offer to you that the next inequality in our own society, I want to take a moment to share College of Arts and Sciences and Evelyn T. Stone College of “giant step” we must take must be right here on Earth to fi nally with you what I have titled “An American Carol: The Spirit of Professional Studies and at the 3:30 p.m. ceremony for gradu- and fully achieve freedom, equality and justice for all. Social Justice — Past, Present and Future.” At the conclusion ates of the College of Education, Walter E. Heller College of Graduates, I know that you thought that your exams were of this tale, I trust that you, as graduates of Roosevelt, an institu- Business Administration and Chicago College of Performing all over, but I have one last test question for you: How many tion whose mission, I might remind you, is to educate “socially Arts. Approximately 600 students received diplomas. social scientists does it take to change a light bulb? Give up? conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in Roosevelt Review is pleased to share with its readers The answer is none. Social scientists do not change light bulbs; their professions and in their communities,” I trust that you will Rush’s entire Commencement address. they search for the root cause for the last bulb going out. be more committed than ever to taking action to achieve the While that certainly may be the case at other institutions of driving democratic ideals of Roosevelt’s founders. It is, indeed, an honor and a privilege for me to be here today higher learning, it is not totally true here at Roosevelt where, from So, let us see fi rst what the “Spirit of Social Justice Past” with President Chuck Middleton, the distinguished faculty mem- its inception, academic study has been inextricably associated has to show us. Our journey begins at the end of World War II, bers and staff of this great institution, and — most importantly with action to achieve positive social change. Take, for exam- which happens to be the time when I was born in a place called — it is my honor and privilege to be here with all of the graduates ple, the involvement of Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal in Albany, Ga., born into the segregated America that has been so and your family members and friends. When I was in your shoes Roosevelt’s establishment. It was Myrdal’s search for the root well-documented by Myrdal in An American Dilemma and born as a Roosevelt University graduate in 1974, little did I know that cause of inequality and injustice for blacks in America that pro- into a society truly separate and unequal. To escape the perils of one day I would be standing up here on this dais, not only as duced the landmark study entitled An American Dilemma: The segregation and racism for African Americans — and particu- Commencement speaker but, also, as the grateful recipient of an Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, which was published larly black boys in the white supremacist, segregated society honorary doctorate from my alma mater. I am so moved by this in 1944. At the same time, however, Myrdal served on an early of rural Georgia — when I was only a mere lad, seven years occasion. Without a doubt, this is an occasion that I will person- advisory board that worked to establish a college in Chicago of age, my mother joined the 1.6 million African Americans ally always cherish; and, I sincerely pray that my words today whose doors would always be open to all people. migrating between 1950 and 1960 from the South to the North. will help make this Commencement an occasion that you, too, Myrdal, like other scholars involved in creating this break- My family’s destination was a working-class neighborhood on will never ever forget. the-mold, progressive institution, knew the need not only the near north side of Chicago, where I saw for the fi rst time It was Roosevelt University’s uncommon commitment to study, but to replace the burned-out bulb of justice and blacks, Latinos, Jews, Italians, Asians and Appalachian whites to the cause of equal rights and social justice that brought me equality in America. With its radical mission of “providing living alongside one another, and where I glimpsed for the fi rst here to speak for the fi rst time back in 1969 — the year that higher education to students of diverse racial, ethnic and reli- time the possibility of justice and equality for all.

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20 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 21 continued from previous page Bobby Rush’s Commencement Address AN AMERICAN CAROL: THE SPIRIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE — PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

While the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till by ing into two societies, one black, one white — separate and like pursuit of self-interest and greed. As a member of the whites in Mississippi in 1955 underscored my mother’s wis- unequal.” And, right here in our own city, hopes for social jus- Congressional Progressive Caucus, I have learned that just in dom in deciding to get her sons out of the South, the “Spirit of tice were dashed even further on Dec. 4, 1969, with the assassi- my district alone, which stretches from the near South Side of Social Justice Past” also wants us to view the signifi cant victo- nation of my fellow Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton Chicago to the far southwest suburbs, taxpayers will pay $1 bil- ries achieved as the fl edgling American civil rights movement and Mark Clark by Chicago police. lion for the cost of the Iraq war through the end of this year. began to gather steam. So, we see the Supreme Court’s 1954 Still, as noted in Black Collegian’s Demographic Profi le of For the same amount of money, we could provide, for example, Brown v. Board of Education deci- African Americans, 1970 to 2000: “For 609,343 children with decent health care; for this same billion sion overturning the sad story and his- many of today’s college students, the dollars, nearly 1.4 million homes could have renewable elec- tory of this nation, the “separate but “As Roosevelt University late 1960s and early 1970s may only be a tricity; for this same billion dollars, we could provide nearly equal” legal doctrine, handed down in graduates, you have a period of time studied in history books, or 7,335 affordable housing units, or for this same billion dollars, Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. We also revisited in television and movies. But the we could give 117,164 scholarships to university students. see the desegregation of Little Rock great legacy behind you groundbreaking changes that took place Dare we continue our journey now to look at what the “Spirit Central High School in Arkansas in during that signifi cant period of social of Social Justice Future” has to show us? Roosevelt University 1957. We see the successful 1955- and great preparation and political change continue to have a graduates of 2007, I am here to tell you that it is truly up to you. 56 Montgomery bus boycott, and we to be ‘socially conscious rippling effect on the America we know It is now your responsibility to remember the commitment of see the emergence of Martin Luther today.” For example, compared to 1970, your alma mater’s founders to eradicate injustice and inequality King, Jr. as a national leader. citizens’ pursuing three times as many African Americans, in modern-day America. It is now your responsibility to carry We see the sit-ins starting in active and dedicated age 25 and over, had earned at least a out into the world the same spirit that led Roosevelt to establish Greensboro, N.C., in 1960, and the bachelor’s degree in 2000. However, this the Mansfi eld Institute for Social Justice here in 1999 in order to creation of the Student Nonviolent lives as leaders in record proportion of 17 percent remains prepare students to address issues of globalization, labor, hous- Coordinating Committee, known signifi cantly lower than that of 28 percent ing, politics, environment, inequality and discrimination. As as SNCC. We see the March on your professions and for comparable whites. Roosevelt University graduates, you have a great legacy behind Washington, D.C., in 1963, where communities. The world Thus, as the “Spirit of Social Justice you and great preparation to be “socially conscious citizens” King delivered his riveting I Have a Present” enters to escort us on the next pursuing active and dedicated lives as leaders in your profes- Dream speech; the Freedom Rides is waiting for you to take leg of our journey, we see that the gap sions and communities. The world is waiting for you to take and Freedom Summer in Mississippi your place as its leaders.” between blacks and whites in America your place as its leaders. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “Be U.S. Representative Bobby Rush (BGS, ’74) waits as Interim Provost in 1964; and the marches from Selma persists despite undeniable social, eco- the change you want to see in the world.” James Gandre prepares to place the doctoral hood on him during Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 21. to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965 led by, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE nomic and political advances of the As a fellow Roosevelt alumnus, this is my commitment as among others, SNCC Chairman John BOBBY L. RUSH (BGS, ’74) recent past. You may recall that in 1903, well. Otherwise, we face a future as horrifying as the one shown Lewis, who is now my colleague in premier African American scholar and to Ebenezer Scrooge by the ghost of “Christmas Yet to Come” if Peace. the U.S. Congress from Georgia. Then, in 1966, we see the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People he did not change his ways, ending in torment at his own grave. Come and fi ll us and our world with your majesty. emergence of the Black Power movement with the founding of (NAACP) founder W.E.B. DuBois observed in The Souls of Thus, let us work together to create the society envisioned by We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian, the Black Panther Party in Oakland, Calif. Black Folk that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the Roosevelt’s founders. Let us heed the words of the prophet, Implore you, to stay a while with us, We see the legislative gains achieved in the wake of direct problem of the color line.” As we look out upon the present day Micah, in the sixth chapter of the book of Micah, eighth verse: So we may learn by your shimmering light action for social justice: the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which America, we may safely say that the problem of the color line is “And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love How to look beyond complexion and see community. was the fi rst anti-discriminatory federal legislation since also the problem of the 21st Century. mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Only then can we It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time. Reconstruction; the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned Since the recent dawn of this new millennium, we see dis- be the justice — and the peace — we wish to see. Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. discrimination in employment practices and public accommoda- parity based on race evident in everything from Katrina to Jena; As we go forward from this place in that spirit, we may also Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. tions; the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and the Civil Rights Act of in unemployment rates for African Americans and other minori- remember the words of Maya Angelou in “Amazing Peace: A Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves 1968 that banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. ties more than twice those for whites; and in academic achieve- Christmas Poem,” which she delivered on the occasion of the And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation. Then, we see the assassination of King in 1968, and the sub- ment rates for black children that are only half those for whites. White House tree lighting in 2005. It says, in part: Peace, My Brother. sequent uprising that struck at the fabric of democracy all across Moreover, we see racism and sexism running rampant in the Peace, My Sister. this nation in our inner cities; the police riot at the Democratic mass media, and the celebration of a youth culture of violence, We clap our hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas. Peace, My Soul. National Convention here in Chicago in the same year; and the hatred, self-destruction, greed and death. We beckon this good season to wait a while with us. release of the Kerner National Commission on Civil Disorders We also see the cause of social justice abandoned in gen- We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come, Thank you. And, God bless you all. Report, with its damning conclusion that America was “mov- eral in the current Washington, D.C., administration’s Scrooge-

22 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 23 MICHI PEÑA “ We look forward to Michi’s A CITY AND ALUMNI LEADER ongoing leadership and involvement in all alumni BY TOM KAROW activities and initiatives,

When you look out Michi Peña’s 37th fl oor window, you can have any political connections,” she said. “I didn’t even know and we hope to continue to see one of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s most prized my alderman. I was hired strictly because I knew computers and increase her visibility among accomplishments: a garden on top of City Hall. had worked at IBM and AT&T.” The internationally recognized rooftop garden keeps A Chicago native whose grandparents came from alumni and students alike.” City Hall cooler in the summer and visually demonstrates Mexico, Peña has earned degrees from four Chicago univer- DAMARIS TAPIA the mayor’s commitment to making Chicago the most envi- sities: a bachelor’s in business administration from North DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS ronmentally friendly city in the nation. Park University, an MBA with a concentration in market- ing from Roosevelt University, an accounting degree from Northwestern University and a law degree from DePaul University. Following a series of promotions, But there is no question which school she likes best. Peña assumed her current position in 2004 Roosevelt, she said, provides evening students with the same when the former commissioner of General high-quality education that day students receive, and that is Services left to work in the private sector. important. “At a lot of schools, night students are like the ugly Today she is in charge of nearly 500 people step-children. All of their programs and activities cater to day and a $200 million budget. students. Roosevelt is not that way.” The more Peña describes her job Shortly after she graduated, a member of the alumni with the city, the more she returns to her group in Roosevelt’s Walter E. Heller College of Business Roosevelt University education. “When I Administration called to see if she wanted to continue meeting started working with the city, I found out with her classmates. “That personal call meant a lot. I enjoyed that a large number of Roosevelt alums had the people who I had spent time with during my MBA years, so city jobs, including an assistant director of it was a way for me to stay connected with them.” fi nance who taught part time. Roosevelt is As commissioner of Chicago’s Department of General Services, Michi She then received another call, this time from the University’s close to City Hall; people can study at night Peña (MBA, ’78) is responsible for more than 450 city-owned or leased Alumni Association, asking if she wanted to serve on the Board and work during the day.” properties in Chicago, including City Hall and its rooftop garden. of Governors. “Again it was a personal invitation,” she said. “I “The Alumni Association is delighted was like, wow, nobody ever paid attention to me from my other to have Michi serve as president for another As commissioner of the Department of General Services, universities. They’d ask me for money, but they never asked me two-year term,” said Damaris Tapia, direc- Peña, a 1978 MBA graduate of Roosevelt University, president of if I wanted to contribute ideas or participate in things. I’ve been tor of alumni relations at Roosevelt. “We the Roosevelt Alumni Association and trustee of the University, involved with RU ever since.” look forward to Michi’s ongoing leader- is responsible for maintaining 450 properties that are owned or Peña was one semester shy of receiving her MBA from ship and involvement in all alumni activi- leased by the city, including police stations, community centers, Roosevelt when IBM selected her for its prestigious training ties and initiatives, and we hope to continue libraries and fi re stations. And, she’s continually looking for ways program. The fi ve years she spent at IBM made her realize that to increase her visibility among alumni and Michi Peña (MBA, ’78), standing in the lobby of City Hall, has held several administrative positions to make these buildings energy effi cient, just like City Hall. her talents and interests were in technology and telecommuni- students alike. She will also be valuable in with the city of Chicago. In addition to managing a $200-million department, she is the president of “What our department does has a direct impact on the city cations, rather than marketing. helping us recruit future leadership for the Roosevelt’s Alumni Association. and its citizens,” she said. “When we repair a roof, install new After IBM, she worked at AT&T Computer Systems before Roosevelt University Alumni Council. ” carpeting or repaint a room, we are making the building better joining the Department of Human Services. Here she compiled One of Peña’s major goals as president of the Alumni and safer for everyone who uses it.” statistics on the homeless, young people and other groups so Association is to have more networking events so alumni As commissioner and a member of Daley’s cabinet, Peña that the city could receive federal and state aid. can discuss their jobs and experiences with one another. “It is one of hundreds of Roosevelt University graduates who That job led to a management position in the Mayor’s Offi ce really is six degrees of separation,” she said. “So often after you have chosen a career in public service, following the example of Inquiry and Information, now known as the 311 Center, exchange business cards you discover that your new friend can of another Chicago mayor and Roosevelt alumnus, Harold where she oversaw conversion of the offi ce’s computer network help you out along the way.” Washington (BA, ’49). from mainframes to personal computers. Peña believes that this is a great time to be involved with Peña’s City Hall career began in 1990 when she responded “The MBA program at Roosevelt really helped me in those Roosevelt. “A lot of schools either go downhill or get stagnant,” to a newspaper advertisement for a director of data processing positions,” she said. “Once you have a solid management back- she said. “But over the past few years, Roosevelt has become position in the city’s Department of Human Services. “I didn’t ground, you can manage almost anything.” better, more respected and very well known.”

24 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 25 KEEPING THE NEW DEAL ALIVE BY KATIE COPENHAVER

In his “First Inaugural Address” in 1933, President Franklin In addition, D. Roosevelt asserted, “This great nation will endure as it has Albert Lepawsky endured, will revive and will prosper.” With that speech, he donated papers and launched the New Deal program of economic reform and relief documents from his for a nation suffering from the effects of the 1929 stock mar- years working in the ket crash, the ensuing Great Depression and the “Dust Bowl” Roosevelt Administration Lynn Weiner (left), dean drought in the plains states. Now, 75 years later, we mark the in the 1930s through his time as of the College of Arts and anniversary of the New Deal, which encouraged a new relation- a scholar at the University of California at Sciences, and Margaret Rung, associate profes- ship between American citizens and their federal government. Berkeley in the 1980s. These items, plus 2,000 books and a few sor of history and director Here, at the University bearing Franklin and Eleanor hundred photographs, make the Center for New Deal Studies a of the Center for New Deal Studies, show off Roosevelt’s name, the anniversary promises to be a memorable real academic treasure trove and the largest collection of New rare artifacts in the center occasion, as the Center for New Deal Studies is planning a num- Deal materials in the Midwest. that is preparing to mark ber of commemorative as well as forward-looking activities. “I am personally grateful to Roosevelt University for keep- 75 years since the New Deal began with a variety “What can the New Deal teach us about American life and ing a focus on the meaningful legacy of Franklin and Eleanor, of public events. society today? What can we learn from the New Deal to create and the wisdom and the concepts they endorsed that are relevant a more just society?” asks Margaret Rung, associate professor to today’s world,” said Anne Roosevelt. “The Center for New of history and director of the Center for New Deal Studies. “Our Deal Studies has kept their ideals alive by exemplifying open University’s Murray-Green Library, Illinois Digital Archives and tures, activities and programs advancing the ideals and con- plan is to partner with outside organizations and create program- discourse — the sharing of ideas with a commitment to fi nding the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. cerns of the Roosevelts. Over the years these have included ming that examines and facilitates some of the values that were solutions to the problems and needs of all our citizens.” Rung and University Librarian Mary Beth Riedner collabo- Doris Kearns Goodwin and Garry Wills in a panel on political embodied in the Roosevelts and their New Deal.” Over the years, visitors from the University of Chicago, rated on a grant application to pay for the photographs. “We were leadership, James Roosevelt speaking on Social Security, and Roosevelt University events will include special lec- Loyola University Chicago, Ohio State, Yale and other universi- delighted to receive the funding because it will ensure the perma- meetings of the Chicago Art Deco Society and the Working tures, an expanded website and an exhibition of banners in ties have viewed the center’s materials, which are housed on the nency of what we’re doing,” said Weiner. “I think the increased Women’s History Group. Plus, the center provides resources the University’s Michigan Avenue lobby that trace the sig- ninth fl oor of the Auditorium Building. visibility of the collection on the website will also bring more for and a prize to middle and high school students who partici- nifi cant accomplishments of the Roosevelt presidency. In addi- “We’ve had people come from Beijing, China, who revered visitors into the center.” pate in the annual Chicago Metro History Fair. tion, the University’s annual Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt,” said Weiner. “They told me they had a shrine there One of the most important activities of the Center for New Those who work with the center, including Roosevelt Distinguished Lecture will have a direct tie to the 75th anniver- to Franklin Roosevelt.” Deal Studies is the annual distinguished lecture, which began University student fellows who are funded by Susan Rosenstreich sary, and there will be sessions about the New Deal during the Weiner said that the wide array of Roosevelt items in even before the center’s founding, as a collaboration between and other children of Albert and Rosalind Lepawsky, recognize 2008 Chicago Humanities Festival. the Jacobs’ collection is proof of how popular FDR was to the University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Franklin that the New Deal Era can be an inspiration in current times of The Center for New Deal Studies was established in 1995 Americans during the 1930s and 1940s. Today, it is uncom- and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, N.Y. Past speak- how to build social equality and economic well-being, and they thanks to a $550,000 donation from the estate of Gwen Hirsch, mon to see iconography of political leaders displayed in homes. ers have included Studs Terkel, Cokie Roberts, Newton Minow, feel empowered by having a venue through which they can pass a longtime Chicago resident. College of Arts and Sciences Dean Instead, we are more likely to fi nd teenagers with posters of Congressman Richard Durbin, who is now the senior senator those examples along to succeeding generations. Lynn Weiner created the center along with Anna favorite movie stars, rock stars and sports fi gures and adults from Illinois, and French resistance fi ghter and Ambassador Nick McCormick (MA, ’03), a fellow in the center during the E. (Anne) Roosevelt, the granddaughter of with athletes’ jerseys, autographed balls and dolls of Elvis Stephane Hessel. 2004-05 and 2005-06 academic years, said, “The intellectual, eye- Franklin and Eleanor, who is a member Presley and Marilyn Monroe. Last October’s lecture by Wendy Puriefoy from the Public opening experience of the fellowship and work with Professor of the University’s Board of Trustees However, 70-plus years ago, FDR fi gural clocks were raf- Education Network was the 15th in the series. She spoke on Rung was the beauty of being associated with the Center for New and currently chairperson of the cen- fl ed off in bars when Prohibition was repealed, and many other “Building a Constituency for Quality Public Education,” a topic Deal Studies. Through the discussions within the advisory board ter’s advisory board. mementos were produced and purchased by a nation given new Anne Roosevelt recommended because of the relationship of and the lecture series, I discovered a passion for the New Deal The center grew considerably hope by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Civilian public education to civic engagement and civic life. legacy, the Roosevelts and 1930s culture.” larger a few years later with a gift Conservation Corps (CCC), Social Security and other Roosevelt “Anne has a strong sense of public service, and believes that As President Roosevelt said so eloquently in that 1933 from labor leader Joe Jacobs and Administration programs designed to revive the depressed cir- you must give back to the community in a democratic society in inaugural address, the key to success is that we must realize his wife of 4,000 pieces of such cumstances of the people. order to keep it viable,” Rung said. “our interdependence on each other; we cannot merely take, we New Deal artifacts as campaign The Jacobs’ collection will receive a new digital life during The center, one of a network of institutions devoted to must give as well.” That is precisely the purpose and goal of the buttons, dishes, toys, pillows, clocks, the 75th anniversary year. Roosevelt University will be photo- the legacy of the Roosevelts, including the Franklin and Center for New Deal Studies. busts and paintings, many bearing the graphing all 4,000 items and posting them at “Remembering Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Roosevelt Study Center in For more information about the Center for New Deal Studies, likeness of FDR. FDR,” which will be available on the websites of Roosevelt Middleburg, the Netherlands, also hosts dozens of other lec- visit its website, www.roosevelt.edu/newdeal.

26 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 27 BY TOM KAROW

“Why should I care?” “What does this have to do with me?” “What his teaching methods and his character in general, that I asked am I going to do with this information, anyway?” him to be my mentor.” These are questions students frequently ask themselves as In all of his undergraduate courses Meyers strives to con- they listen to their professors’ lectures. nect the academic material with students’ personal experiences. Roosevelt University Professor Steven A. Meyers has “I ask my students to reach into their own lives to gain insight thought deeply about these challenging questions and has into the concepts that we discuss,” he said. “I have them write worked to address them by developing a core technique that he about their families, how their parents raised them and how cul- uses in all of his undergraduate classes. ture and race shaped their lives as they grew up.” These personal experiences are counterbalanced by having students reach out to others. Since he started teaching, his stu- “ By encouraging my students to ‘reach in, dents have contributed more than 10,000 hours of service to reach out and reach around,’ I try to help underprivileged children. them to discover what they are capable of Students taking Meyers’ courses also must “reach around” their communities. Through research projects and interview doing and who they are capable of being.” assignments, they are expected to advocate for the well-being -STEVEN MEYERS, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY of children by exploring issues and legislation pending in gov- ernmental bodies. continued on next page This commitment to the profession of teaching was a major reason Meyers was selected in November as the 2007 Illinois Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The U.S. Professors of the Year program is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Entries are judged by top U.S. educators and other active participants in education. Meyers, a child and family clinical psychologist who joined Roosevelt in 1996, teaches courses in developmental and clinical psychology, which dovetail with his scholarly interests focusing on child development, parenting and family functioning. “Steve is always engaging, innovative and thoughtful,” said Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton. “Each semes- ter students fl ock to his courses and consistently give him the highest ratings. He is truly deserving of this prestigious award.” In recognition of the honor, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, was declared “Steven Meyers Day” in the state of Illinois. At a University-wide reception in Meyers’ honor, Middleton pre- sented Meyers with a proclamation from Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich. “I am honored to be the 2007 Illinois Professor of the Year,” ILLINOIS Meyers said. “I appreciate the support of my students, col- leagues and administrators at Roosevelt who nominated me for this distinction. There are many talented professors at Roosevelt and throughout Illinois who are very invested in undergraduate PROFESSOR education, so I am especially grateful to receive this award.” This is Meyers’ fourth award for exceptional teaching. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award from Roosevelt OF THE YEAR University in 2006, the Michigan State University Excellence in Teaching Citation in 1994 and the McKeachie Early Career Teaching Excellence Award from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology in 1994. Roosevelt student Danelle Altman, who has taken several Steven A. Meyers: a commitment to education Heather Dalmage (left), professor of sociology, and Steven Meyers, pro- courses from Meyers, said: “He is the most inspirational teacher fessor of psychology, celebrate Meyers’ being named Illinois Professor of I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I feel so strongly about the Year at a University reception held in his honor.

28 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 29 Through the ICFS, students can earn a four-course certifi cate by taking courses offered by the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences. The fourth class is a fi eld place- POLITICS & ECONOMICS ment course which involves 72 hours of direct interaction with children and families. One of the organizations that partners with the ICFS is Roosevelt’s Mansfi eld Institute for Social Justice, directed by BY LAURA JANOTA Heather Dalmage, professor of sociology. “This collaboration, Roosevelt University’s First Decade like all of my experiences with Steve, leaves me energized because he has great ideas and is willing to do the work neces- sary to make the ideas successful realities,” Dalmage said. hen Harold Washington (BA, ’49) was a student at Springfi eld, Ill., in 1948 to protest a state commission investi- Meyers also is the driving force behind Roosevelt’s annual Roosevelt, one of the courses he took was Public gation prompted by State Senator Paul Broyles into allegations Mini-Conference on Teaching, which allows faculty members to Finance taught by Rolf Weil, a tough-minded of communist ties at Roosevelt and the University of Chicago. exchange ideas on such topics as teaching methods, service learn- W teacher and University of Chicago-trained economist. “There’s no doubt that Rolf Weil walked among giants at ing, social justice, online education, curriculum development and “He was a tough taskmaster,” Washington once said of Roosevelt,” said Steve Ziliak, professor of economics and one library resources. The proceedings of the conference are pub- Weil during a campaign stop he made at Roosevelt while run- of the organizers of the roundtable discussion featuring Weil on lished in a booklet and distributed to the Roosevelt faculty. ning for mayor. continued on next page “I thought, if this is the standard for Roosevelt, then I’m “My approach to teaching re ects many of in some serious trouble,” Washington jokingly told students and faculty members. “He motivated me and the core values of Roosevelt University — our he made me work harder than I anticipated,” commitment to social justice, our com- Washington said of Weil, who is now both munity embeddedness and how we give professor emeritus and president emeritus of Roosevelt University. credence to the experiences of all of our Indeed, at the time Washington took his students, regardless of their backgrounds.” course with Weil, Roosevelt was already build- -STEVEN MEYERS, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY ing a University worthy of national prominence and international recognition. Big names in the economics depart- Meyers said that in the years ahead, he wants to expand the ment included humanist economist Walter ways Roosevelt students can connect learning to life. “It is very Weisskopf, the author of the well-known 1955 gratifying to see our undergraduates make meaningful contri- book, The Psychology of Economics, who was butions in their communities when they use material that they chair of Roosevelt’s economics department dur- learn in class to help others in compassionate and just ways.” ing the 1940s; the late Abba Lerner, one of the In addition to being a superb teacher, Meyers is one of most infl uential economists of the 20th century,

Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton (left) gives Steven Meyers, Roosevelt’s most prolifi c scholars. He has published more than and a believer in the idea that socialist-based professor of psychology, a proclamation signed by Illinois Governor Rod 50 articles and has given more than 50 presentations on parent- economies could be as effi cient as free-mar- Blagojevich that declared Nov. 29, 2007, “Steven A. Meyers Day” in Illinois. ing, at-risk children and on best college teaching practices. ket economies; and Albert Rees, a well-known In his research, he was able to document that successful labor economist and later a senior research parenting depends on where one lives. The fi nding is contrary economist and provost at Princeton University. continued from previous page to other research that says authoritative parenting has the best Meanwhile, in political science, which was Last fall, Altman and each of her classmates in Meyers’ results with children, regardless of race, class or neighborhood. Washington’s major, prominent professors Children and Families honors class completed 22 hours of vol- “I discovered that level of risk a child faces can be key to his or included: the late Frank Untermyer, a quiet unteer work with children as part of the course requirements. her success,” he explained. benefactor to a number of Roosevelt students “Most of us had to readjust class and work schedules and Meyers joined Roosevelt as an assistant professor of psy- and one of the fi rst to study African politics; sacrifi ce free time,” she said, “but this experience brought into chology in 1996 and was promoted to associate professor in Benedict Mayer, who became Roosevelt’s focus the issue of social justice within our society. Even though 2001 and full professor in 2007. He taught at Michigan State placement offi cer in 1948 and was instrumen- the class has ended, I am still a volunteer at the school, working University one year before coming to Roosevelt. tal in bringing seminars by London School of with children, and hopefully making a difference in their lives.” Meyers earned an AB degree in psychology with honors from Economics Professor Harold Laski to campus To enable Roosevelt students to learn about child develop- Brown University in 1990, an MA in child/family clinical psy- in the fall of 1947 and the spring of 1948; and Rolf Weil, professor emeritus of economics and president emeritus of the University, dis- ment from an interdisciplinary perspective, Meyers created the chology from Michigan State University in 1992 and a PhD from Dale Pontius, an outspoken activist who took cusses the University’s early days when Harold Washington (BA, ’49) was one of many Initiative for Child and Family Studies (ICFS) at Roosevelt. Michigan State in child/family clinical psychology in 1995. Roosevelt students, including Washington, to outstanding students.

30 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 31 continued from previous page “Roosevelt University’s Revolutionary Economics Department, cal theorist Harold Laski, who was a professor of political sci- DEVELOPING 1945-1955” that was held at the University in December 2007. ence at the London School of Economics, a leader of Britain’s BY EILEEN O. DADAY During the roundtable, which was part of a series presented Labour Party and a one-time colleague at the London School by the Department of Economics and the Mansfi eld Institute with Lerner, who went on to become one of Roosevelt’s top PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHAUMBURG for Social Justice, Weil provided insights into what Roosevelt economics professors. BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FURTHERS was like when Washington attended what was then known as “It was a great opportunity for Washington, and for all of LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SUCCESS Roosevelt College. us, to learn about what was happening around the world,” said Those were days when students and faculty members Irwin Goodwin (BA, ’48), who was not at Weil’s roundtable wore suits and ties to class, said Weil. World War II was discussion, but who remembers attending the Laski seminars LEADERS over. The Cold War had begun. And discrimination based with Washington. on race, religion, gender and other factors was common in “Laski unveiled a global view of the world,” added Goodwin, a retired veteran journalist partnership forged between Roosevelt University and in big demand from other universities wanting to start a similar and correspondent who A the Schaumburg Business Association has led to a rather program. worked for Newsweek, novel concept: the Leadership Institute. “For a leadership institute to partner with a four-year the Washington Post and The two-year-old program combines leadership studies university is unusual,” Encarnacion says. Physics Today. “And and research taught by Roosevelt administrators, with practical That’s what Stone is fi nding from her membership. She was I think Laski inspired applications offered by visiting speakers from the local busi- able to draw some major corporate sponsors, all of whom have Washington to take a ness membership. contributed fi nancially and enrolled participants. much broader view of The idea for the Leadership Institute was born from a lunch- “Companies are very interested in offering this kind of things.” time discussion a few years ago between Chuck Middleton, experience to their up-and-coming managers,” Stone says. “It Weil, who also president of Roosevelt University, and Laurie Stone, president offers them a way to continue their professional education.” attended Laski’s semi- of the Schaumburg Business Association (SBA), who were Patrick M. Green (EdD, ’06), helped to shape the insti- nars, remembers the brainstorming on ways their organizations could collaborate. tute around the pillars described in the book The Leadership political science profes- Partnering Roosevelt’s academic and programmatic resources Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. sor as being “effective with the SBA’s business acumen and network of local and “The whole topic of leadership is a buzz word in the corpo- but aggressive.” regional business professionals made sense. rate world right now, and there are so many fad books out on the “He was not particu- The program turned out to be a win-win, says Lisa subject,” Green says. “We try to distinguish between manage- larly generous to those Encarnacion, the University’s outreach director who helps ment and leadership.” who didn’t agree with administer the institute. Not only has it drawn steady participants In their book, Kouzes and Posner leave the day-to-day him,” said Weil of Laski. — ranging from entry-level employees to vice presidents — it is issues of planning, organizing, staffi ng and directing to employ- “And you had to be pret- drawing interest from across the country. ers. Instead, they try to inspire genuine leadership, looking at it ty good if you wanted At a recent convention of the Coalition of Urban and in a holistic way that ultimately empowers people to be capable to argue with him and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), Encarnacion found herself of “dynamic change and bold action.” make a point, because he continued on next page would put you down in

Rolf Weil, professor emeritus of economics and president emeritus of the University, believes Roosevelt’s early, revo- the process.” lutionary anti-discrimination policies helped attract many brilliant faculty members and students. While Ray Clevenger (BA, ’49), a political higher education, in terms of both faculty hirings and student science major and a colleague of Washington’s on the stu- admissions. dent council, went to London for a year to study with Laski, “The fact that discrimination existed was good for Washington did not. Roosevelt,” Weil told the group during the roundtable discus- “There’s no question he (Washington) could have gone — sion. “Because of it, we were able to hire a faculty we otherwise and should have gone — to study in London,” said Clevenger, might not have been able to get.” who was part of Roosevelt College’s fi rst graduating class. It also was a time when large numbers returning from World Among a diverse group that included students from dif- War II were taking advantage of the G.I. bill to get a college ferent races and religions, both genders and all walks of life, education. And that included Washington. Washington, too, was a member of the College’s fi rst graduat- “Harold Washington took my class because he was inter- ing class. ested in politics and government,” Weil said. “He was very “A diverse faculty and a diverse student body were criti- interested in the tax structure of government.” cal to Roosevelt’s success,” Weil said. “And I wish we could In addition, Washington participated in several well-known recreate the kind of political and social activism that existed at seminars given at the University by the late great British politi- Roosevelt during its fi rst 10 years.”

Members of the Leadership Institute’s Class of 2008 participate in an interactive exercise that focuses on leadership styles.

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STUDENT TO RIDE 570 MILES “This is my fi rst real attempt at returning to a sports event since ON A HAND CYCLE my accident,” said Jackson. “Brandon (Kopald) is the one who convinced me to do this,” she added. “And I’m counting on him for lots of moral support.” Some very diffi cult months of train- ing lie ahead for the two if the arm muscles, which are much smaller than leg muscles, are to be properly conditioned for the lengthy ride. “It’s a completely different feeling when you’re using your arms rather than your legs,” said Kopald. “For one thing, you move signifi cantly slower. For another, the hills are much more “ Companies are very of a challenge.” interested in o ering this Kopald is doing his training and will be taking the ride on a Top End Excelerator XLT Hand Cycle, which costs around kind of experience to their $3,000, and has been provided to Kopald through Project Mobility, a non-profi t organization that specializes in provid- up-and-coming managers. ing “freedom of mobility” to individuals who are disabled. He needs twice as many sponsors to take next year’s ride because It o ers them a way to he will not only be riding for the benefi t of AIDS but also will continue their professional be riding to pay for the hand cycle, which he plans to donate to Project Mobility so that disabled individuals can use it once education.” Brandon Kopald, a Roosevelt University doctoral student in psy- his ride has been completed. chology, knows what it’s like to pedal a bicycle from San Francisco To help pay for the hand cycle, donations can be made to Project LAURIE STONE, PRESIDENT, to Los Angeles — a seven-day, 570-mile feat he’s accomplished SCHAUMBURG BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Mobility, 2930 Campton Hills Rd., St. Charles, IL 60175, or by twice for the benefi t of AIDS during the last two years. visiting the non-profi t’s website at www.projectmobility.org. Co-chairs of the Leadership Institute Lisa Encarnacion (left), director of outreach Now he has decided on a new challenge: He will be making the When making a donation, Kopald’s project should be mentioned. at Roosevelt University, and Laurie Stone, president of the Schaumburg Business Association, have collaborated on the institute since its inception in 2005. ride on a hand bike, using only his arms to go the distance. “I was “When all is said and done, there will be a lot of people who looking for a cause I had a personal closeness to,” said Kopald, benefi t from Brandon’s actions,” said Hal Honeymann, execu- who is working on his doctorate in clinical psychology. tive director of Project Mobility. “It’s one of those things continued from previous page When his good friend, Jeffrey Erlanger, a well-known Madison, where a little giving goes a long way.” You may also donate to Wis., resident and a quadriplegic, passed away in 2007, Kopald Jackson’s and Kopald’s AIDS ride at www.aidslifecycle.org. Course leaders mix self-assessment tools with lectures, and Marc Strich, manager of Woodfi eld Shopping Center. “Just found direction toward the cause. “I’m very grateful that I’ve participant interaction and guest speaker presentations. making the contacts, and having a comprehension of how things been able to develop close relationships with many individuals “It creates a network of professionals and leaders from a work in the village was tremendously valuable,” Miller says. with disabilities. I thank Jeff for that because it all started with STUDENTS CREATE SUCCESSFUL variety of different areas in the community,” Green adds, “and Likewise, Debbie Schmidt of Alexian Brothers Hospital him,” said Kopald. EVENT, RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITY gives them a common language in which to discuss and share Network found the relationships she made during the institute last As an undergraduate psychology major at the University of their ideas and develop their own leadership identities.” year went beyond the typical after-hours networking. Schmidt, a Thirty-fi ve students in two Roosevelt University classes worked Wisconsin at Madison, Kopald became a friend and medical Jeff Miller participated in the fi rst Leadership Institute, held marketing specialist with the Elk Grove Village-based hospital together last semester on a fundraiser that netted $6,800 for the aide to Erlanger, who as a child had been a frequent guest on the in 2005 at the Schaumburg Campus. As a former vice presi- system, promotes the hospital’s off-site immediate care centers benefi t of the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities’ TV show Mister Rogers, and who spent much of his adult life as dent of sales and marketing for a Fortune 500 company, he had to physicians, as well as with community groups, including park Bridges from School to Work program in Chicago. attended other leadership workshops — but not like this one. districts, chambers of commerce and other local organizations. an activist for disability rights. At Fred Rogers’ funeral in 2003, “I am proud of all of the work we’ve accomplished … and Miller now runs Divine Signs in Schaumburg, a small com- “We all brought real-life examples to the sessions, from our Erlanger spoke eloquently when he stated “It’s not what I can’t I’m delighted that we’ve been able to contribute to this very pany that provides graphic design and signs to his customers. own work culture,” she says. “It was interesting to see how they do, but what I can that’s important.” It was a moving statement worthwhile program,” said Carol Brown, assistant profes- Consequently, to make a go of it, he knew he would have to be tackled certain problems in their workplaces. Then we’d review which Kopald never will forget. sor of hospitality management at Roosevelt who oversaw involved in the local community. the pillars of leadership and apply them.” While working on his doctorate, Kopald made friends with the project. “The Leadership Institute really plugged me into what’s Over the course of the Leadership Institute’s nine sessions, she fellow student and paraplegic Kristen Jackson (MA, ’07), going on in the village,” Miller says. “And combined with the began to see herself as more of a role model among her coworkers, who is paralyzed from the waist down due to a 1998 sledding The Bridges to Enlightenment fundraiser, held in December formal training and review of the leadership principles, it was a capable of getting them to see a new solution to a diffi cult problem. accident. Recently, Kopald convinced Jackson to do the AIDS 2007, attracted nearly 200 people. Planned from start to fi n- perfect combination.” “It was just as we had learned from the leadership pillars. I real- ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles with him on her own ish by Brown’s students, the event featured a silent auction He found it benefi cial to talk with some of the guest speakers, ized there was an opportunity for me to lead the way, to model for arm cycle. The two are currently training for the ride, which and the sale of student-made bracelets and ornaments shaped including local municipal leaders, regional transportation offi cials, others,” Schmidt says. “Overall, it just gave me more confi dence.” takes place June 1-7. as pineapples, the international symbol of hospitality. continued on next page

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The donation will allow the foundation to continue operating “It’s the fi rst time I know of that we’ve had three siblings together ing forward aggressively on many fronts at this critical time in As of November 2007, MySpace was one of the most popu- the program’s Job Club, which provides 18 to 24 months of at once on campus,” said Bud Beatty, associate vice president at the University’s history,” Middleton said. “Jim will be taking lar online “social networking” sites at Roosevelt University skills and attitude training annually for as many as 80 recent the Schaumburg Campus. “It’s a rather unique experience for the a critical leadership role in the next phase of discussion of with 3,172 current students and 2,454 alumni signed on as Chicago public high school graduates with disabilities. As Mirzoyans because they are here on their own. It’s also a mean- campus differentiation and the planning and budget process participating members. On this site, students are able to com- a result of that training, students have landed jobs all over ingful experience for all of us because the Mirzoyans have been for the next fi scal year.” municate through the Roosevelt University MySpace page the city, including clothing stores, coffee houses, department very active and engaged with our students, faculty and staff.” George E. Olson was named interim dean of the College of by posting blogs and messages on the Forum Topic board. stores, airports and grocery stores. Karine and Karen Mirzoyan, who hope to graduate in 2008, Education until newly appointed dean, Holly A. Stadler from Popular topics include University advice, upcoming school “I really enjoyed the class because it was so interactive and arrived fi rst in the fall of 2005. “Our primary reason for choosing Auburn University, joins Roosevelt on July 1. Olson is the and student events, apartment or roommate availabilities, dis- counted textbooks and rate your Roosevelt University profes- it made all of us in the class come together, get to know one the University was that we have relatives nearby,” said Karine Albert A. Robin Professor of Education and was serving as another and to work for a good cause,” said hospitality and Mirzoyan. “I did some research and found Roosevelt had a the interim associate dean. He has been a teacher, scholar sor. As members, students can conduct student searches by current students, alumni, graduated year, years attended and tourism management student Holly Foltz, who was one of business program that both my brother and I became interested and member of the Roosevelt community since 1976. Roosevelt University majors and clubs. the student managers of the fundraising event and a student in.” Along the way, the two have improved their English and Rudy T. Marcozzi is the acting dean of the Chicago College volunteer at the Job Club. also have taken internships at Merrill Lynch in Schaumburg. of Performing Arts. He joined the Roosevelt faculty in 1986 “We like the environment and the professors, who have been eager and is currently an associate professor of Music Theory and PROFESSOR RECEIVES NATIONAL to help us,” said Karen Mirzoyan. “We’ve also found the students chair of the Academic Music Studies Department. He has SCI-FI AWARD IT’S ALL IN THE FAMILY FOR to be friendly and nice. It’s been a very good experience.” served the CCPA on the college’s Executive Committee, Gary K. Wolfe, professor of Humanities and English in the THREE SIBLINGS Meanwhile, their younger sister, Narina, left Armenia in accreditation steering group, University Planning Committee, Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies at Roosevelt August, took English as a Second Language classes in the fall, Chicago Campus Planning Committee, and University Faculty University, has been honored again for his book reviews and and has begun her coursework this semester. “We help each Personnel Committee. criticism of science fi ction, fantasy and horror. other and we talk about Roosevelt every night,” said Narina. “I never would have imagined we would all go to the same uni- RU STUDENTS: ON THE PHONE This time he won the World versity,” she added. “But my brother and sister liked it so much Fantasy Award in the nonpro- that I thought it would be a good idea to go to Roosevelt, too.” AND ONLINE fessional category at the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga According to a recent study conducted by the Educause Center Springs, N.Y., which attracted for Applied Research (ECAR), Roosevelt University students GANDRE NAMED INTERIM PROVOST nearly 1,200 people in November. prefer to communicate by use of cell phones, online “social Roosevelt University President Chuck Middleton announced networking” sites and email. Wolfe previously received the several administrative changes at the University following the Eaton Award (1980), Pilgrim Statistics show 86 percent of Roosevelt seniors and 90 per- November appointment of Provost and Executive Vice President Award (1986), Distinguished cent of freshmen want to be contacted by Roosevelt via email, Pamela Trotman Reid as Scholarship Award (1998), while 8 percent of seniors and 7 percent of freshmen would FROM LEFT: KARINE, KAREN AND NARINA MIRZOYAN president of Saint Joseph and British Science Fiction rather be contacted by text messages. College in West Hartford, Association Award (2006) for International students Karine Mirzoyan, 19, her brother, Karen, Conn. “I like the University to contact me through email because his contributions to the fi eld of GARY K. WOLFE then I control what I want to read and when I feel like reading fantasy and science fi ction. 21, and their sister, Narina, 16, have more in common than James Gandre is serv- it,” said Roosevelt senior Gabrielle Weiss. “When there is an their Armenian heritage and the same last name. The three, ing as interim provost The World Fantasy Award recognizes Wolfe’s overall achieve- emergency, I would like a text message in order to make sure who left their parents and home in Armenia to attend college at and executive vice pres- ment as a critic, rather than a single piece of work. The trophy that I get the news instantly.” Roosevelt University, are an important part of the Schaumburg ident until a national he received is a cartoon bust of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, Campus community. search for a successor Nationally, technology skill levels among Roosevelt students which was designed by renowned cartoonist Gahan Wilson. Karine Mirzoyan, a fi nance major and an honors student, is chair to Trotman Reid can are equal to or higher than at other four-year institutions The author of nine books and scores of essays, Wolfe writes a of the Student Programming for Enrichment, Enlightenment and be completed. Gandre across the United States. The study showed students are using monthly book review column for Locus, a magazine for science Development (SPEED) Board and the winner of Roosevelt’s joined Roosevelt in 2000 advanced technology and software to create their own web- fi ction and fantasy professionals and enthusiasts. “This is the 2007 Student Leader of the Year award. As chair, she has been and has served as dean sites and blogs, and download music. The ECAR report sur- fi rst time anyone at Locus has won the award,” he said. “It’s responsible for planning many student events. of the Chicago College veyed college students nationally regarding the use of today’s really terrifi c when people read and appreciate your work.” of Performing Arts and advanced technology. Her brother, Karen, also a fi nance major, currently works on Wolfe joined Roosevelt in 1971 and has held major positions as interim dean of the campus delivering equipment and providing video conferenc- JAMES GANDRE From a social networking standpoint, 50 percent of in his college, including dean and director of the Bachelor of College of Education. ing for the Educational Technology Resource Center (ETRC). Roosevelt seniors regularly use social networking sites, General Studies program. He said that one reason he came to Meanwhile, their sister, Narina, who is a biology major, works “Jim’s comprehensive knowledge of the University, our aca- while 54 percent of freshman students access social network- Roosevelt was that it allowed him an opportunity to pursue his in the Center for Campus Life. demic programs and employees will enable us to continue mov- ing sites daily. interests in science fi ction writing. continued on next page

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NEW V.P. OF INSTITUTIONAL PLAY PRESENTED AT GRADE Financial information presented here represents the consolidated results of ADVANCEMEMT APPOINTED SCHOOLS Roosevelt University and the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University.

Patrick M. Woods, a fundraising executive with more than 17 Roosevelt University’s Auditorium Theatre and Chicago Fiscal year 2006-07 was a year of fi nancial “fi rsts” and continued progress years of experience, has joined Roosevelt University as vice College of Performing Arts are teaming up to bring a social at Roosevelt University. For the fi rst time, the University achieved invest- president for institutional advancement and chief advance- justice-themed play to Chicago public school students. ment grade ratings of Baa1 from Moody’s Investors Services, and A- from ment offi cer. Performances of A Midnight Cry: the Underground Railroad Fitch Ratings, both with a “stable” outlook. Three strengths were noted in to Freedom will be presented for fourth to eighth graders at 30 Moody’s report published April 5, 2007: 1) favorable student market posi- For the past seven years Woods has been vice president for schools during 2008. In addition to the performance, teachers tion, 2) sound fi nancial management, and 3) growing fi nancial reserves. The philanthropic services at Marin Community Foundation in will receive the theatre’s inventive Workshop-In-a-Box which University credits these strengths on the following noteworthy items: California. His responsibilities include working with high includes an arsenal of interactive lesson plans and artifacts to lay net-worth individuals, fi nancial advisors, corporations and In fall 2006, the University attracted all-time highs of 4,441 full-time equiv- the groundwork for the in-school visit. To complete each school other nonprofi t organizations. While at Marin Community alent students and 540 residential students. Net tuition and fees, after insti- visit, the company of actors (seven CCPA students and alumni) Foundation, his department raised more than $124 million, tutional fi nancial aid to students of $12.6 million, increased by 5.2 percent including many multi-million dollar gifts. over the previous year. Prior to joining the foundation, Woods was director of develop- The University received signifi cant gifts and bequests from alumni and ment for East Bay Community Foundation in Oakland, Calif., friends and increased its endowment to a record level. Private gifts and grants totaled $7.6 million, an increase of $3.1 million, or 68 percent, over for two years and director of major gifts at the University of the previous year. Investment income totaled $8.9 million, of which $4.4 San Francisco for eight years. During the University of San million was reinvested into the University’s long-term investment pool to Francisco’s capital campaign, he secured gifts ranging from support future generations of students and programs. $25,000 to $2 million and directed six regional campaigns. Consolidated unrestricted operating revenues totaled $96 million with oper- ating expenses of $95.9 million resulting in a small cash and operating sur- plus. On Aug. 31, 2007, cash and investments totaled $104.9 million. Total net assets increased $7.8 million to a high of $128.2 million. The Auditorium Theatre attracted more than 303,000 attendees at 358 events. Gross theatre sales, including tickets, concessions and rentals at the Auditorium Theatre, totaled $13.9 million, netting $800,000 after production costs. Together, these fi nancial strengths and achievements demonstrate the University’s ongoing commitment to fi nancial sustainability in furtherance performing in A Midnight Cry will operate as actor-teachers, of its Strategic Plan. facilitating a post-show workshop that examines themes and images of the play with students. The show, directed by Nicole Losurdo, the theatre’s education manager, is at the heart of an MARKET VALUE OF ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY educational initiative centered around Margaret Garner, a poi- ENDOWMENTS(IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) gnant opera being produced by the theatre in November 2008. Due to the generous support from Kraft Foods, the program is $70,000 $70,350 being offered at no cost to the schools, teachers and students. PATRICK M. WOODS $65,000 $63,459 $60,000

Before entering institutional advancement, he was an adminis- $55,000 $57,704 trator at the University of San Francisco and the University of Colorado at Boulder in such diverse areas as academic services, $50,000 fi nancial aid, registration and admissions. He holds bachelor’s $45,000 $47,406 and master’s degrees from the University of Colorado. $40,000

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$30,000 $29,414 $25,000 4/30/03 8/31/04 8/31/05 8/31/06 8/31/07

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FIVE YEAR SUMMARY OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES *CONSOLIDATED (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) 2002-03 2003-04* 2004-05* 2005-06* 2006-07* A Message Revenues $86,262 $90,853$97,472 $97,080 $103,725 from the VP for Institutional Advancement Expenses 79,458 81,598 86,205 88,749 95,937 Change in Net Assets, Increase $6,804 $9,255 $11,267 $8,331 $7,788 Dear Alumni and Friends: CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL POSITION It is with great enthusiasm and anticipation that I introduce myself to you as the recently (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) appointed vice president of Institutional Advancement for Roosevelt University. I am For the Year Ended particularly honored to have been chosen to lead the University’s advancement efforts 8/31/2006 8/31/2007 during such a pivotal time of change and growth in Roosevelt University history. Assets: As we move forward, the University is focusing on recruiting more full-time students, Cash and Cash Equivalents $18,170 $17,261 Short-term Investments, at Market 9,975 10,383 continuing to provide a signature experience to our large population of part-time students Receivables, net 6,302 6,144 and creating new degree programs such as nursing, pharmacy and criminal justice. Long-term Investments, at Market 69,828 77,243 Unconditional Promises to Give, net 2,144 3,581 Our growing student body and other factors make it practical and increasingly nec- Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges 2,426 2,035 essary that the Herman Crown Center be replaced. As a result, the Wabash Avenue Property, Plant and Equipment 71,585 71,286 Development Project set to kick off this summer will present tremendous opportunities for alumni and friends to invest in a state-of-the-art student life and academic facility Total Assets $180,430 $187,933 that will help take Roosevelt University to the next level. Liabilities and Net Assets: Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of this special time in Roosevelt University Short-term and Other Liabilities $27,014 $26,744 PATRICK M. WOODS history. I extend a personal invitation for you to join us for Alumni Weekend, April Long-term Debt 32,984 32,969 Net Assets 120,432 128,220 Vice President for 25 and 26, or to get involved with other alumni activities in Chicago or your local Institutional Advancement area. Strengthening the connection between Roosevelt and its alumni is so vital to Total Liabilities and Net Assets $180,430 $187,933 the continuing success of the University. Also, please keep in mind that there is still time to make a gift before the end of the academic year. Your support, in any amount, CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF OPERATING AND NON-OPERATING REVENUES enhances the quality of a Roosevelt University education and the quality of life for the (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) students who receive it. For the Year Ended 8/31/2006 8/31/2007 I look forward to working with you for many years to come. Tuition and Fees, net $72,657 74.8% $76,458 73.7% Gifts, Grants and Contracts 9,089 9.4% 11,894 11.5% Sincerely, Auxiliaries and Other 8,779 9.0% 10,775 10.4% Non-operating Items, Primarily Investment Gains 6,555 6.8% 4,598 4.4% Total Operating and Non-operating Revenues $97,080 100.0% $103,725 100.0%

Patrick M. Woods CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF OPERATING EXPENSES Vice President for Institutional Advancement (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) For the Year Ended 8/31/2006 8/31/2007 Instruction and Research $33,489 37.8% $34,872 36.3% Public Service 767 0.9% 1,058 1.1% Academic Support 7,288 8.2% 7,141 7.4% Student Support 9,614 10.8% 10,806 11.4% Institutional Support 17,540 19.8% 19,712 20.5% Operations and Maintenance of Plant 11,927 13.4% 12,466 13.0% University and Herman Crown Centers 5,876 6.5% 7,579 7.9% Auditorium Theatre 2,248 2.6% 2,303 2.4% Total Expenses $88,749 100.0%$95,937 100.0%

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Corporate and Foundation Funding highlights POLK FOUNDATION PARTNERS CHASE FUNDS NEW SUMMER WITH RU ON SOCIAL JUSTICE MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAMS

Thanks to the strong support of the Polk Bros. Foundation in the Chase has contributed $50,000 to Roosevelt University to form of a $50,000 grant, Roosevelt University will offer a sum- develop summer math and science programs to help motivated mer program, Social Justice in Action: Roosevelt University, Chicago high school students reach their full potential. Social Justice High School and Community Success. The six-week programs, to be held at Roosevelt’s Chicago The six-week program will provide Social Justice High Campus, will include lectures, fi eld trips, seminars, laboratory School (SJHS) students in the graduating class of 2009 with a exercises and individual projects. Fifty students entering their full college experience and intensive writing projects through sophomore year of high school are expected to participate in the which they will explore core concepts of social justice. The goal programs that are designed to prepare them for fi rst-semester, is to increase college attendance and graduation among Latinos college-level math and science courses. and African Americans attending SJHS by exposing students “A solid understanding of math and science is invaluable in and their families to postsecondary education and its long-term college,” said Steven Abbey, senior vice president at Chase and benefi ts for individuals, families and communities. a Roosevelt trustee. “We are proud to partner with Roosevelt “This program will complement and reinforce the educa- University to help highly motivated students access preparatory tional experience that we provide students as well as help pro- courses.” vide a roadmap for students and families,” said Rito Martinez, “In addition to helping students do better in math and sci- principal of SJHS. ence, the programs will encourage them to apply to the col- The program will be administered under the leadership of lege of their choice and pursue degrees in these fi elds,” said James Gandre, interim provost and executive vice president, Roosevelt President Chuck Middleton. and George Olson, interim dean, College of Education. Various The summer programs will be administered by two faculty components of the program will be led by Roosevelt University members each from Roosevelt and participating high schools. faculty members and bilingual staff. Students will be tracked during the regular school year with GANZ HALL AS IT IS TODAY progress assessed by attendance, grades and participation in math and/or science related extracurricular activities. RU RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP GETTY FUNDS ARCHITECTURAL SUPPORT FROM NORTHERN TRUST STUDY OF GANZ RESTORATION Northern Trust Corporation made a $75,000 contribution to The Getty Foundation has generously provided a grant in the OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Roosevelt University to provide scholarships for disadvantaged amount of $75,000 to support the preparation and develop- students living in Chicago’s underprivileged neighborhoods. ment of a conservation plan for Ganz Hall in the University’s The Northern Trust gift will help students who live in Auditorium Building. OFFICE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL GIVING ADVANCEMENT SERVICES Chicago’s Chatham, Englewood, Humboldt Park, Logan Ganz Hall was originally a banquet hall when it was added VICE PRESIDENT (312) 341-3663 (312) 341-2138 Sara Nevills Square, Loop, Washington Park and West Town neighborhoods to the Auditorium Building in the 1890s. In the late 1950s, it was (312) 341-6360 Brian Walker www.roosevelt.edu/giving Director of Prospect Management earn a Roosevelt degree by providing tuition assistance of converted into a recital hall in honor of Rudolph Ganz, president Patrick M. Woods Director of Corporate Relations Corryn N. Hall Lee and Research $2,500 to $3,300 per year. Ten students each year are expected emeritus of the Chicago Musical College, which merged with Vice President for Institutional [email protected] Director of Annual Giving [email protected] to benefi t for the next three years. Roosevelt University in 1954. Various parts of Ganz Hall have Advancement and Chief Angelica Guerrero (BA, ’06) [email protected] Elina Gorelik “Northern Trust is a proud contributor to Roosevelt been renovated over the years to restore the room as closely as Advancement Offi cer Administrative Secretary Janelle Stevenson Advancement Systems Analyst University and the fi nancial well being of its students,” said possible to its original condition and decoration. The Getty grant [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Director of [email protected] Rick Waddell, president of Northern Trust. “We believe educa- will support restoration of three primary elements of the hall and Linda Sands Annual Giving tion is a foundational element for success, and our collective antechamber: wall and column panel woodwork, stained glass Kimberly M. Porter Executive Secretary ALUMNI RELATIONS [email protected] Administrative Clerk goal is to help open doors for students to improve the quality lunettes and decorative stencil paintings. Offi ce of the Vice President (312) 341-3624 Krys Buckendahl (MFA, ’07) [email protected] of their lives.” [email protected] www.roosevelt.edu/alumni The program is open to high school graduates and commu- Administrative Secretary Loretta R. Lindsey (BA, ’03) Joni Abrams Damaris Tapia [email protected] nity college transfer students who meet Roosevelt University Administrative Clerk Administrative Clerk, Principal Director of Alumni Relations [email protected] academic requirements. and Planned Gifts [email protected] SPECIAL EVENTS [email protected] (312) 341-3617 Dinah Zebot Assistant Director of Lauren Chill Alumni Relations Executive Director of [email protected] Special Events [email protected] Bea Francis (BSBA, ’82) 42 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 Administrative Secretary 43 [email protected] ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS

A Message RU Alumni Events In Chicago, on the Road and Abroad! FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT In Chicago… Dear Fellow Alumni: Jazz and Gospel Brunch As another Alumni Weekend rapidly approaches, I urge you to refl ect and reconnect with Roosevelt. There’s never a better time than the present. While your experience On Saturday, Oct. 27, nearly 100 alumni and at Roosevelt may have differed greatly from mine or from other thousands of alumni, friends of the University gathered in RU’s chances are that in some way, RU has changed your life for the better. Congress Lounge for a delicious southern- style brunch. Attendees were treated to per- It is that common thread, along with so many unique reasons, that brings hundreds of formances by a local gospel group, Sovereign alumni home to Roosevelt each year. If you’ve attended Alumni Weekend in the past, Praise, and a jazz ensemble from RU’s own you know what a great experience it can be to reconnect with the school that made an Chicago College of Performing Arts, fea- impact on your life, and we would love to welcome you back. If you’ve never been turing students Laura Grill, Daniel Malnar, able to attend before, we hope you will join us on April 25 and 26 for a weekend of Robert Clearfi eld and Alan Linney. refl ection, connection and celebration. For a full schedule of events and to register online, check out www.roosevelt.edu/alumni. President Middleton (center, back row) greets the mem- bers of Sovereign Praise following their performance. In addition to bringing you Alumni Weekend, the Alumni Association is hard at work throughout the year to strengthen the connections among alumni by hosting events not only in Chicago but all over the country and providing important resources to our MICHI PEÑA(MBA, ’78) alumni. In the year ahead we hope to focus more on improving the services and sup- on the road… President, Roosevelt University port we are able to provide you as alumni — everything from an improved web pres- Alumni Association ence to advice and resources related to networking, career transitions and much more. Washington, D.C. For those of you looking to give back to RU, we are also working to expand the number Alumni Reception at the Capitol of ways that you may be involved as an alumni leader and volunteer. We continue to A group of nearly 30 alumni and friends gath- build RU’s presence around the country through the development of regional commit- ered in the nation’s capital on Thursday, Oct. tees and chapters. In order to do so, we need help from those of you on the ground in 18 to meet President Middleton and featured planning local events and developing other strategies for connecting with alumni in guest, Board of Trustees member Anna E. your area. We are also working together with the career services and enrollment offi ces Roosevelt, who spoke about how the legacy of to strengthen the connections between alumni and prospective and current RU stu- her grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor, lives dents. As those opportunities develop, we will keep you posted and will let you know on at the University today. The event took how you can become a mentor or give back to the University and its students in other place in the Capitol building, a unique oppor- ways. To fi nd out more about resources and volunteer opportunities for alumni, contact tunity made possible thanks to the offi ce of the Offi ce of Alumni Relations at 1-888-RU-ALUMS or email [email protected]. Congresswoman Melissa Bean (BA, ’02). While your time in school may have lasted just a few short years, the Alumni Trustee Anna E. Roosevelt (facing forward) with RU Association is committed to keeping you connected to Roosevelt throughout your life. alumni (from left): Joan Barch (BA, ’65), Beverley I urge you not only to refl ect on your time in school, but to get involved now and in the Jeffries (BA, ’75) and Beverly Coleman (BS, ’65) future. As time goes on, Roosevelt still has so much to give to its alumni, and we know that in return you, too, have much to offer. I hope you will take the fi rst step in reconnecting with Roosevelt by joining us this CALL FOR REGIONAL VOLUNTEERS! April 25 and 26. Dinah Zebot, assistant director of alumni relations, spent much of • Los Angeles • Phoenix • Dallas fall 2007 on the road meeting with alumni all over the country. The • San Diego • South Florida • Atlanta goal of her travel was to strengthen existing regional alumni net- • San Francisco • Washington, D.C. • New York City works as well as to begin identifying and developing new alumni If you live in one of these areas and are interested in helping plan leadership and committees. The alumni she met with were very Michi Peña (MBA, ’78) events and in strategizing on how best to connect alums in your enthusiastic about getting involved, and we are optimistic that the President area, now is an exciting time to get involved. To fi nd out more, RU momentum around the country will only continue to build. Roosevelt University Alumni Association please contact Dinah Zebot in the Offi ce of Alumni Relations at Over the coming year we plan to focus on developing stronger (312) 341- 4327 or [email protected]. alumni engagement and networks in the following metropolitan areas: 44 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 45 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS

RU Alumni Events In Chicago, on the Road and Abroad! on the road…

New York Alumni Reception at the Penn Club On Wednesday, Nov. 7, 30 alumni and friends gathered at the Penn Club in Manhattan for the opportunity to hear fi rsthand from President Chuck Middleton about Roosevelt’s recent developments and future plans. Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26 From left: Harriet Beckman (BA, ’68), Bernard Kyle Register at www.roosevelt.edu/alumni (BSBA, ’74), Tanya Meerovich (BSBA, ’04) and John Wheeler (BA ’96) or by calling 1-888-RU-ALUMS by April 18, 2008.

Roosevelt University’s annual weekend of reunion and celebration is fast approaching, but there is still time to register. Each year, hundreds of alumni of all ages return home for a series of celebratory and educational events and abroad… and activities. This year we hope even more of you will join us for the festivities.

Roosevelt University Travels RECONNECT to China Join us for Alumni Weekend and reconnect with the In October, a group of Roosevelt University friends, classmates, professors and institution that made administrators visited fi ve colleges and universi- Alumni gather and reconnect in the lobby of the an impact on you. Learn about the University’s recent Auditorium Building during Alumni Weekend 2007. ties in four Chinese cities in order to consolidate accomplishments and upcoming developments, while old partnerships while establishing new ones. hearing fi rsthand from students, faculty and staff about One of the highlights of their visit was having how RU remains true to its founding ideals in an ever- dinner with a group of RU alumni in the city of changing world. Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province. From 2001 to 2004, Roosevelt University gradu- HONOR AND REFLECT ated four groups of government-funded offi cials In addition to offering a chance to meet and reconnect and educators from this province. Each group with Roosevelt’s other great alumni, Alumni Weekend studied at Roosevelt for a year and completed provides opportunities to refl ect and celebrate the past. At the executive master’s degrees in Business the Golden Alumni Luncheon we will honor the recipients Administration (EMBA). Most of these gradu- ates now reside in Shenyang and occupy middle of our alumni awards who are outstanding leaders in their or high governmental or university positions. professions and communities and will present medallions Those who were present at the dinner enjoyed to members of the class of ’58 in celebration of their col- the personal contact from Roosevelt administra- lective accomplishments over the past 50 years. tors and expressed interest in continuing their Another highlight of the weekend will be a photography relationship with the University. exhibit, panel discussion and reception honoring the legacy © Marc PoKempner Gerald Bober, director of the Manfred Steinfeld of former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (BA, ’49), School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, (sec- Share your memories of Harold Washington or your ond from right) samples an edible fl ower and enjoys thoughts on his legacy at www.roosevelt.edu/alumni. continued on next page dinner with RU alumni in Shenyang, China.

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where RU BY BEATRICE A. FRANCIS, ALUMNI RELATIONS 1960S Chicago Literary Club. Kritzberg has been a teacher at Morgan Sterling Plumpp (BA, ’68), an internationally renowned Park Academy since 1972 and is editor of the school’s alumni poet, has been presenting a series of workshops and poetry magazine. readings during the past few months. Plumpp, professor Erdogan Gunal (MBA, ’76) is chair of Business and IT emeritus of English and African American history, retired programs at Al Ain Women’s College Higher Colleges of from the University of Illinois at Chicago in December 1991, Technology in the United Arab Emirates. Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26 shortly after winning a $1 million lottery. Though retired, Register at www.roosevelt.edu/alumni Plumpp still teaches part time and continues to write. He is 1980S or by calling 1-888-RU-ALUMS the author of 14 books and has received numerous honors by April 18, 2008. and awards including the Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions to literature, the Carl Iraj Jalie (MC, ’80) was named director of fi nance for the Sandburg Literary Award for poetry and three Illinois Arts Hyatt Regency Woodfi eld Hotel in Schaumburg, Ill. Jalie has continued from previous page Council awards. more than 20 years’ experience in the hotel industry. Lena Dobbs-Johnson (MPA, one of Roosevelt’s most distinguished graduates. Join alum- Bechir Chourou (BA, ’69) retired after teaching for 30 years ’81) was recognized by Chicago ni of all ages in refl ecting on the tremendous impact that at a public university to become director of the University of United as one of 45 “Chicago Washington has had on the city of Chicago. Tunis-Carthage, a private institution in Tunis, Tunisia. Business Leaders of Color” for REMEMBER AND LEARN 1970S her cultural, civic and educa- tional contributions. Chosen by a 52-member nomination In a series of “master class workshops,” alumni will Diane Asseo Griliches (BA, ’70) provided black and white committee, Dobbs-Johnson have the opportunity to learn interesting subjects and photographs to complement the narrative for the book An and the other preeminent skills from expert RU faculty and alumni. What better Appalachian Farmer’s Story, Portrait of an Extraordinary way to celebrate the impact of your Roosevelt educa- business leader awardees were Alumni chat during the authors’ forum. Common Man. Griliches has held numerous solo exhibitions highlighted at the organization’s tion than by learning something new? Get a taste of and her works have appeared in a variety of publications. DOBBS-JOHNSON conference and featured in its what current students experience every day and remem- Additionally, she has works in collections in the Library of publications. Dobbs-Johnson is president of Advocate Bethany ber your days in the classroom … without the stress of Congress, Distinguished Visitors’ Center in Jerusalem and Hospital on Chicago’s West Side. exams or homework! Boston Athenaeum Print Room, as well as other venues. Nancy Lesh Kulkarni (BM, Ronald A. Williams (BA, ’70) was CELEBRATE AND ENJOY ’81) became interested in the honored as the 2007 recipient of the study and performance of Recent alumni are specially invited to join members of the National Bridge Award at Chicago Indian music in 1982 during class of 2008 for the annual “Spring Fling,” a fun night of United’s annual awards dinner. The a three-month vacation to bowling to celebrate their approaching graduation, hear award recognizes the “accomplishments India. She had been playing the announcement of the senior class gift and reconnect of a chief executive offi cer of a national cello for 13 years and at with old friends. We hope you’ll join the party as we wel- publicly held corporation who has inspired that time was cellist with come our newest class to the RU alumni family! and implemented diversity at the board of the Orchestra del Maggio directors’ level.” Williams is chairman For a complete schedule of events and to register now, go Musicale of Florence, Italy. and chief executive offi cer of Aetna. to www.roosevelt.edu/alumni or contact the Offi ce of During her vacation, she Alumni Relations at 1-888-RU-ALUMS. Barry Kritzberg (MA, ’71) had a busy KULKARNI began Dhrupad lessons 2007, completing two books: She’s No and later studied Hindi and WILLIAMS Detective: A Kelly O’Quinn Mystery, the Marathi, learning to perfect the sound on her cello. In 2003, she RU alumni en route to a behind-the-scenes tour of story of a features reporter who becomes was awarded an American Institute of Indian Studies Senior the Field Museum during Alumni Weekend 2007 involved in a murder investigation, and Morgan Park Academy, Performing Arts Fellowship. On her CD, released in 2007, she A History, Vol. 1, which recounts the memories and stories of plays cello in the Dhrupad style. and about the school. In addition, he presented a paper to the continued on next page

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Marilyn Neilson (BSBA, ’82) was promoted to vice president named her recipient of a 2007 Spectra Award in the internal a singing waiter and auditioning for shows. He also appeared The comedy troupe, “The Cool Table,” which includes CCPA of marketing at Preferred Meal Systems. The company communications category and the Illinois Woman’s Press in the national touring company of Doctor Doolittle. graduates Kyle Moore (BF, ’06) and Stephen L. Grush (BF, ’07) was chosen as the 2007 winner in the New York Television manufactures pre-packaged frozen school lunches. Association awarded her fi rst place in its communications Brent W. Adams (MA, ’05) currently teaches pre-algebra and contest. She also was honored with a Hermes Creative Award Festival’s comedy competition. Both are also involved in other Stephen E. Sebastian (BS, ’85) joined JB Scott, a Minneapolis algebra to seventh and eighth graders at Queen of All Saints for her Big Red Athletic Club. projects. Moore wrote a show that was staged at Chicago’s executive search fi rm that specializes in diversity recruiting School in Michigan City, Ind. Victory Gardens’ Biograph Theatre and Grush appeared in a and placement. Sebastian manages the new onboarding Pedro DeJesus, Jr. (BA, ’96), a Roosevelt trustee, joined Paula Amenta (MSIMC, ’05) was named managing director production of Cymbeline at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and program, which focuses on the integration of an employee into Tampico Beverage, Inc. as vice president and general counselor. of marketing and communications at Elgin Community College Good Boys and True at Steppenwolf Theater. a company by offering job coaching and mediation services to He oversees legal activities for Tampico’s North American in Elgin, Ill. new staff members. and international markets. Tampico is the top-selling brand of Adrienne Henze (BM, ’07) wrote to thank Cheryl Frazes refrigerated juice drinks in grocery stores. As winner of the 2007 Marian Anderson Award for Emerging Hill, assistant professor of music education, for the support Omar Tengku Tengku (BSBA, ’85) is now retired and living Classical Artists, Jonathan Beyer (BM, ’05) was awarded she provided over the years. Henze currently teaches music at in Malaysia. Eman Dekaidek (BS, ’96) is a test analyst in the e-commerce $6,000 and performed in concert at Philadelphia’s Perelman Stockton Elementary School in Chicago. Group of Sears Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Donald A. Hauschild (BGS, ’87) was named chief information Theater at the Kimmel Center of Performing Arts. Kmart and Sears, Roebuck & Co. The division supports all IT offi cer at Mountains West Exploration, Inc. Hauschild, who has projects for Kmart.com and Sears.com. Brian M. Black (MPA, ’05), a 10-year police veteran and more than 25 years of IT and operations experience, has held sergeant for three years, was appointed deputy police chief for SEND US YOUR PHOTOS senior executive positions with a number of global technology, Frank Sesko (EdD, ’96) and his wife Mary Ann wrote a the village of Maywood, Ill. He oversees internal affairs issues Please submit your photo for the “Where RU?” section of the Roosevelt consumer products and manufacturing companies throughout children’s book last year, Santa and Sam’s Big Secret, which and the community policing program. Review by mail to: Offi ce of Alumni Relations, Roosevelt University, 430 S. his career. tells the story of Santa Claus and his baby brother Sam and Michigan Ave., AUD 827, Chicago, IL 60605; or email [email protected]. provides answers to questions that so many curious children Sandra A. Flowers (BPS, ’06) is an IT administrator at Ronin Sarah Danielle Rosen (BM, ’87; MM, ’88) is We prefer receiving headshot photos for individual class notes. If you are ask their parents each year about Santa. Capital, a limited liability trading fi rm affi liated with the musical director of the Tri-national TriRhena sending your photo electronically, please submit your photo as a high- Chicago Board of Trade. The fi rm is headquartered in Chicago resolution jpeg or tif fi le along with a caption. Submission of your photo Symphony Orchestra and Opera in Saint Louis, Cheryl Hepp (BS, ’97) is a communications and information and has offi ces in New York and California. signifi es your giving permission for it to be published. France. She recently conducted an opera offi cer with the U.S. Air Force. performance of The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. Rosen, a concert pianist, has performed in 2000S Switzerland, France and Germany. Stephen Gordon (BA, ’88) works as a load planner Rebecca Marquardt (MS, ’00) was named vice president of for Sara Lee at its Bensenville, Ill., location. sales for the Midwest region by Disney ABC Kids Networks, JOIN THE CLASS OF 2008 the sales and promotion group for the Disney Channel, ABC 1990S Kids and Toon Disney. FOR AN EXCITING ROSEN Nanette Tenzin Miles (MA, ’03) writes a column called 4TH ANNUAL YOUNG ALUMNI ALUMNI EVENT! Jack Dusek (BM, ’91), a security supervisor with “A Buddhist Perspective” for the Cherokee Scout, the local Omniplex International, is working for the Transportation newspaper for Cherokee County, N.C. Security Administration of the Department of Homeland Security. Dusek, who is a member of the National Concert Dwayne J. Roark (MSIMC, ’03) was appointed senior FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 Band of America, also serves as associate conductor of the marketing manager for Misumi USA in Schaumburg, Ill. SPRING FLING 7 – 10 P.M. Kings Park Concert Band and is a member of the 80th Division Matthew D. Crowle (BF, ’04) made his debut on Broadway Band of the United States Army Reserve. last May in Monty Python’s Spamalot, the 2005 Tony Award- 10PIN BOWLING LOUNGE Pamela Cohen (MA, ’92) was named executive director of the winning musical based on National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. Monty Python and the Holy 330 N. State St. Grail. As a member of the Vincent Grout (MGS, ’92), who is pursuing a degree in Chicago, IL 60610 ensemble cast, he appears Must be 21 or older the graduate English writing program at Northern Michigan as a dancing nun, a knight University, was hired as campaign coordinator by the NMU and a killer rabbit. After Foundation. For more information, call the graduating from Roosevelt, Offi ce of Alumni Relations Crowle moved to New Patricia Alyward (MJ, ’96), internal communications manager at (312) 341-2056 or email for Chicago’s CNA Insurance, received several awards last York where he spent the CROWLE us at [email protected]. year. The International Association of Business Communicators next two years working as

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IN MEMORIAM Earl L. Durham (BS, ’58) of Chicago, on Oct. 27, 2007 Jerome Lefton (BSC, ’58) of St. Louis, Mo., on June 20, 2007 Roosevelt University regrets to report the deaths of the following 1960S INVEST RU community members. FACULTY Henry Goldstein, M.D. (BS, ’60) of Chicago and Hawaii, on Feb. 13, 2007

LeRoy Louis Ahsmann, associate professor emeritus of manage- Thomas R. Carney, Sr. (BM, ’61) of Hanover Park, Ill., on March 22, 2007 IMPACT ment, died on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at his home in Beaufort, Eleanor Punkay (BSBA, ’63; MA ’66) of Chicago, on N.C. Dr. Ahsmann began his teaching career at Roosevelt Sept. 5, 2007 University in 1975 and retired in 2006. During his tenure at Katherine Stempel Knowlton (BA, ’64) of Nazareth, Mich., on 2008 ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY ANNUAL FUND Roosevelt, he taught undergraduate and graduate programs in July 14, 2007 the Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration and Lawrence Lerner (BS, ’64) of Buffalo Grove, Ill., on was the Schaumburg Campus’ Distinguished Professor of Jan. 30, 2007 Business Administration in 2002-03 and the Alyce DeCosta Richard I. Citron (BS, ’66) of Mount Kisco, N.Y., on DID YOU WONDER WHO Professor in 2004-05. Dr. Ahsmann received bachelor’s and Aug. 28, 2007 master’s degrees in psychology from the University of Illinois Vallmer E. Jordan (BA, ’67) of Chicago, on March 23, 2007 YOU WERE TALKING TO? and a PhD in industrial psychology from the Illinois Institute Richard Martin (BSBA, ’68) of Naples, Fla., on Feb. 16, 2007 of Technology. Doris Boomer (BA, ’69) of Downers Grove, Ill., on May 4, 2007 The RU phonathon team has been working the lines all year long. With the end of 1940S Marjorie Donovan (MA, ’69) of Oak Lawn, Ill., on July 15, 2007 the academic year just around the corner, there is still time to make a gift to the Nicholas Smiewec (BSBA, ’69) of Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Annual Fund. Gifts to the Annual Fund ensure student success, relieve student Louis McPhee (BA, ’40) of Saginaw, Mich., on Jan. 17, 2007 May 2, 2007 fi nancial burdens, increase technology tools, library resources and so much more. Bernard Katz (BS, ’41) of Deerfi eld, Ill., on April 19, 2007 1970S Morton Blank (’46) of Niles, Ill. and Deerfi eld, Ill., on Make a gift to the 2007-08 Roosevelt University Annual Fund today: May 19, 2007 Robert M. Sears (BSBA, ’70) of St. Peters, Mo., on Aug. 3, 2007 Naomi Bersch Stucki (BM, ’46) of Kalamazoo, Mich., on Barbara R. Guth (MA, ’71) of Southport, N.C., on July 17, 2007 March 23, 2007 Marvin A. Marder (BSC, ’47) of Highland Park, Ill., on Katherine Crause (BA, ’72; MP, ’83) of Chicago, on Sept. 8, 2007 Feb. 25, 2007 By returning your Online at By phone at Karyn B. Fick (BA, ’73) of Arlington Heights, Ill., on contribution in the www.roosevelt.edu/giving (312) 341-2138 Rudolph M. Lapp (BA, ’48) of San Mateo, Calif., in 2007 March 18, 2007 enclosed envelope Stanley E. Aubens (BS, ’49) of Brunswick, Maine, on James M. Ruzick (BA, ’73) of Summit Argo, Ill., on Sept. 11, 2007 Sept. 11, 2007 Carl Lerner (BS, ’49) of Chicago, on Sept. 17, 2007 Dorothy Bartman (BA, ’74) of Chicago, on April 15, 2007 Harry R. Schwartz (BS, ’49; MS, ’56) of Laguna Woods, Calif., Stuart C. Nilson (BSBA, ’74; MBA, ’82) of Chicago, on on June 8, 2007 May 24, 2007 1950S John S. Venclovas (MA, ’75; MC, ’78) of Chicago and Seattle, on Aug. 23, 2007 Frank Chervenak (BSC, ’50) of Wheaton, Ill., on George Shores (BSBA, ’78) of Chicago, on July 16, 2007 March 24, 2007 Stanley D. Troyer (MPA, ’78) of Plainfi eld, Ill., on Harriet Dejack Gore (BA, ’50) of Fremont, Calif., on Aug. 13, 2007 Feb. 14, 2007 Orlando Jones (MPA, ’79) of Chicago, in September 2007 Shayle R. Ray (BSC, ’50) of Encino, Calif., on July 7, 2007 Robert C. St. Claire (BA, ’51; MA, ’58) of Lafayette, Ind., on 1980S July 15, 2007 Mary Dean Jenkins (MK, ’84) of Chicago, on April 5, 2007 Phillip C. Gorman (BSBA, ’52) of Palatine, Ill., on May 1, 2007 Teresa Cassidy (MA, ’88) of Arlington Heights, Ill., on Raymond R. Blaige (BSC, ’53) of Summerfi eld, Fla., on Feb. 28, 2007 Jan. 1, 2007 William J. Wolfe (BA, ’53) of Tucson, Ariz., on July 30, 2007 1990S Louis J. Bakouris (BSC, ’56) of Lansing, Ill., on May 16, 2007 Gilda F. Rose Peterson (BA, ’56) of Antioch, Tenn., on Doris Scherer (BGS, ’90) of Arlington Heights, Ill., on May 6, 2007 March 30, 2007 John H. Moran (BA, ’57) of Zion, Ill., on Sept. 7, 2007 Leslie Caitung (BA, ’93) of Evanston, Ill., on March 1, 2007 John P. Radcliffe, Jr. (BS, ’57) of Childersburg, Ala., on Elaine C. Lasine (BA, ’96; MA, ’00) of Chicago, in January 2007 July 13, 2007 William Perry (BA, ’97) of Evanston, Ill., on Jan. 27, 2007 52 ROOSEVELT REVIEW SPRING 2008 53 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage ROOSEVELTREVIEW PAID Burlington, VT Roosevelt University, Room 805 05401 430 S. Michigan Ave. Permit No. 115 Chicago, IL 60605-1394

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